Purple Hibiscus in Read a book from each country

Oct 04, 2011 Jenny (Reading Envy) rated it really liked it

Shelves: read2017, postal-bookswap, around-the-world, location-africa, location-nigeria

I was pleased to open this book as one of the picks during a year + with the "Postal Book Swap F" group. This is our second year send books around and the picks are entirely secret until everyone has seen everything.

I had previously read and enjoyed Americanah and always thought I might go back and read Adichie's previous works. I also have Half of a Yellow Sun on my shelf, unread.

I loved this story, and it resonated deeply because of my own experiences with my own father. And I think she does ...more

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Oct 22, 2016 Ian Billick rated it liked it

Well written but not as enjoyable as half of a yellow sun. A look into Nigerian society but doesn't take on the same larger themes. ...more

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Mar 08, 2019 Nina ( picturetalk321 ) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-litfic, z-read-2019, genre-fiction, a-reviewed, author-woman, z-challenge-2019-reading-women, theme-christian

I really enjoyed reading this and was thoroughly pulled into the characters, the story, the setting. I liked the insights into Nigerian city life and the visit to the village setting. The obsessively Christian household routine was intriguing, and the domestic abuse delicately handled.

Format: I read the UK paperback which has a stiff spine and rough paper. I had to fold the cover back brutally so that the book would lie flat. The cover design is not what is pictured here; a boring soft-focus ph ...more

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Nov 19, 2017 Peggy rated it liked it

I loved this novel and its main character, Kambili. I’ve read Adichie’s best known novel, Americanah, which was in some ways more ambitious and impressive but this was a lovely story with characters and situations that stay with you.

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