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A review by sir_presh
The Middle Daughter by Chika Unigwe
2.0
I like Chika's writing style in this book. I found it relatively easy to read without having to stumble over words or reread sentences.
I didn't enjoy this book. I enjoyed the first thirty pages, but the rest felt off to me.
I didn't like Nani. I think the intention was to show her as an individual who doesn't know how to deal with the grief of losing her sister and father in death, is misunderstood by her mother and remaining sister, and as a result, falls into the hands of a beguiling and controlling man. But there's nothing in the story that makes this believable to me.
In my opinion, Nani is incredibly stupid, not broken by grief or anything. Just plain stupid.
I honestly tried to understand her, but I just couldn't; as a Nigerian neither as someone who has read a lot of broken characters.
None of her decisions made sense to me and it made reading this book all the more tiring.
For me, it would have made more sense if Nani came from a dysfunctional family. But as far as I could tell, before the death of her sister and father, they were a well-rounded family that also had the advantage of being wealthy with sensible parents.
I didn't enjoy this book. I enjoyed the first thirty pages, but the rest felt off to me.
I didn't like Nani. I think the intention was to show her as an individual who doesn't know how to deal with the grief of losing her sister and father in death, is misunderstood by her mother and remaining sister, and as a result, falls into the hands of a beguiling and controlling man. But there's nothing in the story that makes this believable to me.
In my opinion, Nani is incredibly stupid, not broken by grief or anything. Just plain stupid.
I honestly tried to understand her, but I just couldn't; as a Nigerian neither as someone who has read a lot of broken characters.
None of her decisions made sense to me and it made reading this book all the more tiring.
For me, it would have made more sense if Nani came from a dysfunctional family. But as far as I could tell, before the death of her sister and father, they were a well-rounded family that also had the advantage of being wealthy with sensible parents.