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I would have given 5 stars if it had ended earlier before the romance stuff.
I read a lot of positive reviews about this book so I was expecting a lot from it. I’m pleased to say I wasn’t disappointed. I lived in Nigeria until my late teens so a lot of the conversations and scenarios were familiar and instilled nostalgic feelings in me. The version I read was nearly 500 pages long with rather small font size so it took forever to read, but I eagerly picked up the book every night because I wanted to know what would happen to Ifemelu and Obinze. If I’m being entirely hone
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Have you ever met someone whom you don't dislike, but you're not really feeling them either? Then, after a while you warm to them and think "𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒊𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰𝒎 𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒊𝒃𝒆 -𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒂"...Thats been my experience reading this book.
To begin I was interested but then it felt like it was going no where, no climatic arches and character development seemed really slow. I became bored!! Adechi's lucid storytelling and effortless literary craftsmanship is the only thing that ...more
To begin I was interested but then it felt like it was going no where, no climatic arches and character development seemed really slow. I became bored!! Adechi's lucid storytelling and effortless literary craftsmanship is the only thing that ...more
Really, really enjoyed this book!
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