nick13 's review for:

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book gets a three star simply because it is a story that needs to be read. Other than that,

I liked how slow the first part is to contrast how fast colonialism took over Africa

and how amazing complicated the main character is. This is all to say that this story has the groundwork to be absolutely astounding, yet at no point was my interest peaked. This is due to instead of engrossing rge reader into the story, it instead keeps this standoffish narration akin to a nonfiction. And if this were a nonfiction it would've been amazing for what it is, but it's not which lead this story to just not have the same impact it should.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy

Minor: Slavery