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Had some real potential, but just never really went anywhere or got me connected deeply with the characters.
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
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
I have been wanting to read this book for a long time. Adichie is an amazing writer and I'm so glad to finally read one of her books. Purple Hibiscus would be great paired beside Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Kambili is a 15 year old Nigerian who has a fanatical Catholic father who is rich. Her private life is coming apart at the seams while publicly her father is a hero to many and generous to all but his own family.
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Jul 25, 2009
Gaijinmama
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TR Ryan
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Stacey Matson
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