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3 stars for the commentary on race and sex and government and culture. 2 stars for the fiction story that surrounded it and did not do a good enough job of hiding said commentary.
I truly cannot write a review of this book.
Americanah... this was a great book! It told of how a non-American black goes to live in America, only to return back with "supposed" unfulfilled dreams and aspirations, with a sense of "Americanism" that screams from their person the minute they hit the Nigerian soil. The two main characters, Ifemelu and Obinze are written in such a way that they seem like REAL PEOPLE!
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Americanah... this was a great book! It told of how a non-American black goes to live in America, only to return back with "supposed" unfulfilled dreams and aspirations, with a sense of "Americanism" that screams from their person the minute they hit the Nigerian soil. The two main characters, Ifemelu and Obinze are written in such a way that they seem like REAL PEOPLE!
This is a story of young love, who encounter life changing decisions that shape and ...more
There were a couple parts that slowed down some, but it picked back up for me. I enjoyed it. Refreshing to read about characters that were self-reflective but not unnecessarily critical of themselves. This doesn't happen enough in novels. There's a lot of commentary on Nigerian/British/American culture and it can be insightful and amusing. And their stories- the good and the bad times in their lives were compelling.
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This book was a lot of fun to read. The two main characters grow up middle class in Nigeria. They each spend time abroad, Ifemelu in the US, her boyfriend Obinze in England. What I liked most is how they spend so much time pondering life and discussing life with their various circles of friends over the years. It's helped me realize how much all people have in common. We all wanna be able to support ourselves. And those with a little more security also want to do something meaningful.
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