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mmesoma's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Incest, Rape, Suicide, Grief, and Car accident
Minor: Physical abuse
edward_eb's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The description and writing is very well crafted but sometimes a bit too overdone for me. It’s hard to describe but this book is SO Nigerian and, as someone with Nigerian heritage, this provided both humour and comfort but also deep frustration and annoyance at times. I particularly found the attitudes towards gender/masculinity and childhood challenging. Although, I appreciate that this might be a commentary and is also realistic for the time and setting of the book. The character of Abulu was effective. I was very disturbed by him but as a reader - much like the narrator, Ben - I also felt some empathy towards him. I thought the book also touched well on some of the political and socio-economic issues that Nigeria has suffered with in the past and to an extent still does today without it being the main focus of the book.
Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol
internationalreads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Car accident
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