Review by coolfoolmoon - Under the Udala Trees

coolfoolmoon 's review for:

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

4.5

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Read parts I through V in one day and had to not continue to VI because I needed to sleep. An unfortunate heartbreaking universal story,

but one of the final lines "God, who created you, must have known what He did. Enough is enough." really got to me as it was something little 11 year old me needed to hear when I realized I was gay and had to come to that journey alone.

Profound. Beautiful!

Content Warnings