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unique_polarizer's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
full of idyllic imagery, complexities and reflective attributes.
Kambili as someone who worships her father as almost god-like comes to terms with the abuse and the gaslighting and religious justifications for what he does. Adichie embraces freedom from this throughout the defiance towards the end of the book and after the events of palm Sunday
a beautiful read, like the rest of Adichie's works, as a debut I felt it was a compelling read, where this compellingness develops in her later works like Half of a yellow Sun and Americanah - characters are fleshed out and plot and characters are well constructed. Not to say this read wasn't. It was a very satisfying read in a sense.
a beautiful read, like the rest of Adichie's works, as a debut I felt it was a compelling read, where this compellingness develops in her later works like Half of a yellow Sun and Americanah - characters are fleshed out and plot and characters are well constructed. Not to say this read wasn't. It was a very satisfying read in a sense.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, and Death
chubes16's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
afterttherain's review
4.0
“There are people, she once wrote, who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as if all the others who rule themselves today got it right the first time. It is like telling a crawling baby who tries to walk, and then falls back on his buttocks, to stay there. As if the adults walking past him did not all crawl, once.”
Gripping, heart-wrenching, and stunning. Just what I expected from Adichie.
Gripping, heart-wrenching, and stunning. Just what I expected from Adichie.
nerdie_kitten's review against another edition
5.0
Immensely powerful.. A sensitive and touching story of a child exposed too early to religious intolerance and the uglier side of the African state
threegoodrats's review
3.0
I enjoyed it, but not nearly as much as Half of a Yellow Sun or Americanah. My review is here.
mariia's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars
read for school! think i was really desensitised to everything in this book bc of all the other books ive read... kambili is a lovely character and i'm really grateful that i was able to write about her character development for some coursework haha
read for school! think i was really desensitised to everything in this book bc of all the other books ive read... kambili is a lovely character and i'm really grateful that i was able to write about her character development for some coursework haha
oxnard_montalvo's review
3.0
(Nigeria)
Probably her weakest book of the ones I've read; remember it vearing off into seriously melodramatic territory, but hey. I still liked it.
Probably her weakest book of the ones I've read; remember it vearing off into seriously melodramatic territory, but hey. I still liked it.