A review by ela_lee_
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen

2.0

Yikes. Between the author’s nonchalant attitude for blatantly assisting in colonizing Kenya, her pride in brainwashing uneducated children with Christianity, and getting an adrenaline rush by shooting many lions, this book made me kinda sick. I know it was a different time, but I don’t think there is much of an excuse for the author’s blatant feelings of supremacy. She treated her squatters like slaves and hardly had any respect for them. She loved be fully in charge and got off on controlling the surrounding area due to her European experience and education. I also didn’t like how the sections don't have much to do with each other and don't really connect.

I enjoyed the reading her old fashioned writing style and learning more about Africa, but that was overpowered by the author’s sickening immoral compass.