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A review by peeled_grape
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4.0
This is such a rich novel. It's easy to read, and has a lot to follow. It does end a little quickly -- and the ending comes out of nowhere -- but it really is a pleasure to read. So many layers.
This was also one of the few books about domestic violence that did not make me want to tear my hair out. It was greatly oversimplified, and skipped over the hardest parts of this, and has the naivety of someone who has seen someone else go through this, but is mostly okay. I think the simple sort of fits for a novel like this, but it dropped the ages of who I thought this was for quite a bit. It does feel like the domestic violence story you'd tell kids or young teenagers just because it is simple.
This was also one of the few books about domestic violence that did not make me want to tear my hair out. It was greatly oversimplified, and skipped over the hardest parts of this, and has the naivety of someone who has seen someone else go through this, but is mostly okay. I think the simple sort of fits for a novel like this, but it dropped the ages of who I thought this was for quite a bit. It does feel like the domestic violence story you'd tell kids or young teenagers just because it is simple.