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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
3.0
Good book, kept interested the whole time, but not as fact-packed as many of Brysons other books
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3.0
A bit long and drawn out but the message was very well portrayed.
I anticipated a novel and the emotions about race were strong for my taste - however i found them insightful and a bit different from the rest of mass media. While reading it I felt myself wanting to bring up these points in conversation. That being said the message didn't carry the story and so the book just felt a bit too long. At the end with all that had happened I didn't know if I wanted them to be together or not so I was never able to root for a happy ending. Instead with all the struggles and discontent from both sides, the story was kind of a dud.
I anticipated a novel and the emotions about race were strong for my taste - however i found them insightful and a bit different from the rest of mass media. While reading it I felt myself wanting to bring up these points in conversation. That being said the message didn't carry the story and so the book just felt a bit too long. At the end with all that had happened I didn't know if I wanted them to be together or not so I was never able to root for a happy ending. Instead with all the struggles and discontent from both sides, the story was kind of a dud.
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
4.0
Really funny and entertaining for the first 200 pages. near the end he loses the theme of the stories and the essays seem long and disconnected.