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44 reviews

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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challenging dark reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

incredible. wish i knew more about the war 
History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos by Luis H. Francia

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5.0

amazing 
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

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challenging dark
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

found the ending really moving. how the fate of this man whose story has filled this book is to be a paragraph in a white man’s book about the barbarity of africa, such an invaluable read on that colonial relationship


glad this is one of my course work books
The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey

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challenging emotional mysterious
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

amazing story that touched on significant themes in a masterful way 
The Houses of History: A Critical Reader in History and Theory by Anna Green, Kathleen Troup

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4.0

academics fucking love complicated words
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

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2.0

i want my money back (and i didn’t even buy it)
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

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  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ellen olenska you will always be famous 
The List by Siobhan Vivian

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dark reflective
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

i think it had amazing potential (loved the concept) but i feel like the lack of closure in end just pissed me off 
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

i neither hated it nor loved it. like the writing style worked for me in some places and didn’t in others
Maurice by E.M. Forster

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

i’ve cried so much i’m actually dehydrated