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A review by katieinca
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.0
Things about this book felt familiar - a faraway place, a historically significant time, politics and violence made personal through sympathetic characters. Yes, it's one of those.
But I think what I'll remember about this one is less the things I learned about Nigeria and Biafra and more about these sisters and their men and the crazy intensity. Bits like Olanna thinking about Odenigbo, wishing "that she could love him without needing him. Need gave him power without his trying." Richard's desperation and Kainene's inscrutability.
I'm looking forward to Americanah, where I expect more of the great writing, with a lot less dying.
But I think what I'll remember about this one is less the things I learned about Nigeria and Biafra and more about these sisters and their men and the crazy intensity. Bits like Olanna thinking about Odenigbo, wishing "that she could love him without needing him. Need gave him power without his trying." Richard's desperation and Kainene's inscrutability.
I'm looking forward to Americanah, where I expect more of the great writing, with a lot less dying.