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I never give a book 5 stars unless I mean it. I really mean this: I loved this book. I will read this book over and over again.
I loved so much about this book. It was beautifully written, it delved deeply into the subject of race with intelligence and made me want to cheer at times with its witty rebukes such as "Racism should never have happened so you don't get a cookie for reducing it." Ifemelu was interesting and complex and I could have read another 600 plus pages about her story.
That being said the major purpose of Obinze's storyline seemed only to support Ifemelu's storyline and to show an outsider perspective of ...more
That being said the major purpose of Obinze's storyline seemed only to support Ifemelu's storyline and to show an outsider perspective of ...more
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