A review by jazful
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Another wonderful, flowing story; moving, emotional, profound, and strikingly realistic (and sometimes funny too!). I love Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s writing style: clear and fluid, with vivid descriptions of surroundings, thoughts, feelings and atmosphere. She never lingers too long in one scene, yet just long enough for the reader to feel everything deeply. The afterword moved me and gave the entire story a greater significance.
I recommend this book to everyone; if only because it tells a story from the perspective of four Black African women and their realities. It left me with many new insights.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, War