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theelliemo 's review for:
An Orchestra of Minorities
by Chigozie Obioma
I really thought I’d like this one, and it pains me to give it a a poor score, but it just didn’t work for me. What sounds like an interesting concept of the narrator being the MC’s “chi” turns out to be an excuse for verbose lectures that slow up an already slow-burn story - it sits alongside Midnight’s Children as a book in need of better editing.
Meanwhile, the MC himself, Chinonso, is a man-child who blames everyone else for his own stupid decisions. Given that the whole premise of the novel is that the “chi” is trying to defend Chinonso’s actions, the fact that I had not a single ounce of sympathy with him suggests that the idea failed.
This is another of those books that makes me wonder what the Booker Committee look for in a book.
Meanwhile, the MC himself, Chinonso, is a man-child who blames everyone else for his own stupid decisions. Given that the whole premise of the novel is that the “chi” is trying to defend Chinonso’s actions, the fact that I had not a single ounce of sympathy with him suggests that the idea failed.
This is another of those books that makes me wonder what the Booker Committee look for in a book.