j0taro 's review for:

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2.0

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I can understand why people like this book, but tbqh I didn't enjoy it. I just found the characters extremely unlikeable and flat, except Kainene who actually is mega cool and gets shit done. The main POV characters I just found annoying. Olanna is basically perfect and everyone loves her and finds her attractive, but I found her insanely selfish and self-centred. Ugwu is like 15 and just thinks about his sister's titties. Richard is white i guess idk. I didn't really care for the soap-opera drama either. I don't think the writing is anything exceptional; the dialogue and prose were stilted at times. However, I do acknowledge that this novel is an important representation of the Nigerian-Biafran war and the lives of people who would have lived through it. But you could also read the Wikipedia page for free I guess.