A review by sidharthvardhan
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4.0

So Kamibili's father is like god to her - uncorruptable, powerful, imortal, whose anger is to be feared and whose praise is to be won. He is also a newly turned christian - who believes in sin and all and wants his family to toe to the lines of christian morality, which involves breaking ties with his father who believes in Africal tradational religion but doesn't stop him from beating his wife and children because they skipped their mass or something. His idealism does have some positive aspects when it comes to speaking against political oprression and making charities.

Now this is not so much a story about religion as a story about idealism vs hedonism. Of course Hedonism wins all rounds. Kambili who is always looking to get into his good books and of course he has just one 'The Good Book' and it says nothing about laughing, mirth and self-worth. Thus K or her brother neaver learned those things. This changes when K visited her aunt and met a hot priest. The 'purple' of title has similar symbolism as in Walker's 'Color Purple'