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Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3.75. It's a really nice change of pace to read a story that isn't about much of anything yet still feels fast-paced. It reads like a contemporary romance in that way, engaging and page-turning without the impetus of a ship to make it do so.
This isn't light and fluffy, the main character is in an abusive family and the abuse is directly described. The plot centers around Kambili, a young Nigerian girl from a rich family who's life begins to open up to new possibilities when she spends a week with her aunt and her cousins. Adichie is a compelling writer, repeating themes throughout the book, expanding on them, tying them back to ilttle moments of character. The shared visual language of siblings in a household where speech can mean a beating. How that ties words up in Kambili's throat even when she's safe, and how it shapes her personality and others' opinions of her.
This is really masterfully told, all with rich culture imbuing the book with a distinctive feel. I always love reading books set in other countries, other cultures, to learn and to compare and contrast, to understand that we're all the same but our priorities are often so different.
This isn't light and fluffy, the main character is in an abusive family and the abuse is directly described. The plot centers around Kambili, a young Nigerian girl from a rich family who's life begins to open up to new possibilities when she spends a week with her aunt and her cousins. Adichie is a compelling writer, repeating themes throughout the book, expanding on them, tying them back to ilttle moments of character. The shared visual language of siblings in a household where speech can mean a beating. How that ties words up in Kambili's throat even when she's safe, and how it shapes her personality and others' opinions of her.
This is really masterfully told, all with rich culture imbuing the book with a distinctive feel. I always love reading books set in other countries, other cultures, to learn and to compare and contrast, to understand that we're all the same but our priorities are often so different.