Decent
Best when she’s writing about race and culture. But the love
story—the bulk of this novel—is ordinary and slo-o-o-ow. The protagonist, a
Nigerian woman who moves to the U.S. and then back home, writes a social
commentary blog (and makes a living at it; nice work if you can get it). The
blog posts are the snappiest, freshest parts of the novel, but get weighed down
in a nearly 600-page version of girl meets boy, girl loses boy, girl gets boy
again. I’m not giving anything away. You know what’s coming. Adichie’s Half a Yellow Sun was better. This is
getting more attention, imho, because it hits certain PC high notes in its
frank and on target discussion of being Black in America.
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