Reviews

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

champagne97's review against another edition

emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

karimorton33's review against another edition

5.0

I loved this book! I think it's rare to enjoy every short story in a compilation, but I did really enjoy every one. Each one was so different, and so powerful in just 20 or 30 pages. I really like Chimamanda's writing style, something about it just resonates with me.

erya51's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

allegedlyartsy's review against another edition

found out author is transphobic

zoeyzebra's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

erin1096's review against another edition

5.0

Wow - I have a soft rule against buying collections of short stories. Just a personal preference thing, I can hardly ever get into them and end up skipping half of them. But wow - these stories were each so beautiful and compelling. They were heart-wrenching and heart-warming and while I would love to read full-length novels expanding on any of them, they each left me feeling satisfied with their conclusion.

raspberry102's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

ilseoo's review against another edition

4.0

This is a beautiful short story collection about life in Nigeria and life of Nigerian immigrants in America. I really liked all of the stories and I thought they all had something to them. Especially Cell One and Jumping Monkey hill left a big impression on me. I have – unfortunately- not read many works by African authors or stories set in Africa before, so I found reading this book a very eye-opening experience. I think I learned a lot while reading this. I also really loved Chimamanda’s writing and way of storytelling, therefore I’ll definitely check out some of her other works!

hquin's review against another edition

5.0

this was beautiful.

noahmarcuswhite's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5