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my friend has read this.

I concur. For me one of the best passages was the dialogue between Kambili and the young reverend father (the object of her affection) when she said she didn't want to adopt an English name for her baptism.

Thanks for your insightful review Mona loll.

I loved the book and the nigerianess of it. The father was extra strict, a product of over 'catholicism' (all these wierd words) ..over zealousness in his faith to the point that he did not speak to his traditional father who wouldn't convert (not very christian like) and he treated his wife abysmally. Jaja was a typical teen starting to rebel. She told the story beautifully and the book was easy to read. I recommend it to everyone.

i have this book and i hated it!! i thought it was poorly written and boring! was a goos story line but i think i've read better books by Nigerian authors.....sorry to be the kill joy. lol

Read the book, quite intresting. Hated the father cuz the guy was just being an ass, hated the mother cuz i dont know why she couldnt stand up 2 d man, but i liked the book

Where can you get it?

Beautifully written Book. Truly Chimamanda hit home with this book! A lot of Nigerians can really relate to her writing. What I especially liked was her writing style, i.e even a 12 year old can read the book and actually get it, no need for too much grammer. 5 thumbs up!

Loved, loved, loved this book! I finished it in 24hrs, it was that good.

I agree in part with Onada on this one. It was a good first book but by no means the best Nigerian/ African/ Ethnic Book I have ever read. The book reads like it was written by a true Chinua Achebe fan which isn’t necessarily bad (one need only read any of Ben Okri’s work to see how follow follow of legends like Wole Soyinka and ITK can totally kill a book) that said, it did feel weak in parts. I have to say reading it didn’t leave me feeling ‘gosh! My life is totally never going to be the same again’ though it did make me think I should start taking creative lesson classes coz if she can do it and get fancy awards, so can I, shoot, I could use the money too! :) no, I don’t have bad belle

I am still undecided on Chimamanda as an author and as such, I was at her book lunch a few months ago, dug DEEP in my pockets for my signed copy of ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ and if I do not like it, that ish is going the same way Zadie Smith’s went – out the door, or maybe I’ll ebay this one.

I do think she has potential, she writes beautifully but perhaps she is more of a short story person and doing an entire novel +250 pages is just a tad ambitious. Again, I still prefer her work to any of the tedious attempts of Ben Okri and I would definitely recommend it to anyone.

Oh, if you guys are into books that focus heavily on metaphors and conjuring up vivid aesthetic images, you should read ‘The god of Small Things’. Can be tedious at times depending on the mood you are in otherwise, it is a beautiful book by an author who I hope grows into her form very well. Oh, and this book called ‘The Namesake’ (can’t remember the authors name and too lazy to google) is also an all right one to check out if only for the way it explores how we are defined by people, how we define ourselves and I guess acceptance of who we are.

Ok, I really need to learn to stop leaving long messages, can you tell I talk a lot? Lol. I like this book club blog!