A review by cyndqls
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
4.5
4.5 stars!
as always the odyssey bookshop rarely steers me wrong, and glory is an incredibly told story about how a nation survives. glory is inspired by zimbabwe's recent history and is told in a style reminiscent of animal farm (which is almost a lazy comparison, but i love animal farm and i've been looking forward to getting to this book for awhile). i think bulawayo's writing is electric and i love the way the story was broken up. i read glory via audio from the library, which was incredibly narrated, though i also own a hard copy which i'm grateful for because i definitely think i'll re-read this.
i will say that at times glory felt a bit long, though it ties together nicely. also, while i found that there are parts that are highly repetitive and it works, it's also a little more challenging to get through on audio, though there's power in that, too, i think. (for example Spoileri found the part where "i can't breathe" is being repeated to be both very powerful and also very hard to get through on audio). overall really excellent!!
as always the odyssey bookshop rarely steers me wrong, and glory is an incredibly told story about how a nation survives. glory is inspired by zimbabwe's recent history and is told in a style reminiscent of animal farm (which is almost a lazy comparison, but i love animal farm and i've been looking forward to getting to this book for awhile). i think bulawayo's writing is electric and i love the way the story was broken up. i read glory via audio from the library, which was incredibly narrated, though i also own a hard copy which i'm grateful for because i definitely think i'll re-read this.
i will say that at times glory felt a bit long, though it ties together nicely. also, while i found that there are parts that are highly repetitive and it works, it's also a little more challenging to get through on audio, though there's power in that, too, i think. (for example Spoileri found the part where "i can't breathe" is being repeated to be both very powerful and also very hard to get through on audio). overall really excellent!!