A review by immortalbubble
Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta

5.0

Adah's struggles evoke such a strong sense of despair and desperation that this was a very emotional read for me. I had to stop and breathe because I got incredibly angry because of how she's treated throughout the story. It's a deep dive into how inequality, mistreatment and desperate circumstances affects a person and the stress that it creates. Adah was so realistic and human that it was impossible for me to put down this book until I reached the last page. My only complaint is that the ending didn't feel like a true stopping point. It left me numb and sad, and wanting to know more. That's not necessarily a bad thing, not every resolution to a story has to leave you feeling good. But I felt so much empathy for Adah that I wished to see a clear happy ending for her.