spoerk's review against another edition
3.0
I really don't know how I feel about this book.
It's one of those books that you might not really really like, but are better off having read it.
I'd recommend this of course. I just don't know if I loved it.
But I really wanted to read The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
(if anyone can find me a copy of either of these (cheaply of course) I'd be very happy. My library system only had this one)
It's one of those books that you might not really really like, but are better off having read it.
I'd recommend this of course. I just don't know if I loved it.
But I really wanted to read The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
(if anyone can find me a copy of either of these (cheaply of course) I'd be very happy. My library system only had this one)
happentobeshort's review
2.0
This was unfortunately another disappointment. It read very strangely. After reading I found out that the writer often wrote using the grammar of Yoruba oral story telling rather than english grammar, which makes sense. At the time of reading I was very confused with the writing style, it felt like something you'd read to a kid before bed in hopes that they'd go to sleep, as in it had long winding sentences and often repeated something that was said in the other sentence and what not.
I mean it was interesting I suppose, very different to my usual fare. But I just could not enjoy it as much as I was hoping to.
I mean it was interesting I suppose, very different to my usual fare. But I just could not enjoy it as much as I was hoping to.
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