A review by valleycat
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.0

Somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. I liked the ending, it just seemed a bit too abrupt? The characters felt like real people, which was nice. It's so nice to read books where women characters have strong personalities. She was who she was and you could accept her for who she was or move along. She didn't have to change herself to fit into her societies mould of who they thought she should be, even though they tried to make her acquiesce to them. I also liked to see her perspective on race in America as an outsider. It was an interesting perspective, and an educational book. I can see how people could interpret some of the content in the book as the author being "preachy", but I didn't really interpret it that way. To me it was an important part of expressing the character's culture shock. That her starting her blog was her way of venting everything that had been cluttering her head space for the 15 years she was in a new country. Sometimes you just need to vent to people who can understand what you're going through, and if you can't find that in your own community you find a place where you can.