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roadtripreader 's review for:
The Visit
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
🤣That opening paragraph - how rude is all I could think. Like dude you're nitpicking the president's appearance right down to her crown - those hair extensions! But the way he critiqued her made me think...hhhmmm feels a bit wierd, something is afoot but what? And I decided to find out.
So essentially almost a role reversal, a subversion and yet mysoginoir still finds it's way in. Curious. Curious indeed.
Maybe I don't get the hype because I've never read anything by the author and I just remember the craze surrounding her during that era where Beyonce was a "poet" and added poetry to that one song I keep forgetting. However, for my first look into Ngozi's writing, I do like it.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
It's very on the nose but still enjoyable.
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Obinna is still a bit of a mysoginist he's instinct is to tear apart the physical looks of the female presidents as part of his internal disapproval of the law being upheld. He characterizes her as dramatic which is a stereotype often used to describe African American women and he's an overall ass.
In the words of my dear Laszlo Cravensworth: he speaks the bullshit.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene: :
Police Checkpoint: RUDE. Like seriously, WTF. Also I laughed then I stopped laughing and was like wait what?
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “Don’t lick your fingers like a bush boy. How will you find a wife with this kind of behavior?.” (got news for you weirdo, people have been known to lick their fingers. It's a human thing.)
🖤 “marriage was the ultimate prize for a man. Everyone knew that. So how could a man just choose not to marry? It felt to him sacrilegious” (See how ridiculous this sounds? Exactly. And yet it endures for women.)
🖤 “How will it look when we go to OPEC meetings and it turns out that only Nigeria has a male minister? They won’t take us seriously.”” (Oh I can't. This is too good!)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts :
■ Male Masturbatory Act🤣 straight to jail
■Pregnancy Checks
■Houseboys
■ Lagos cliché: the husband fighting the boyfriend in public
■G-15 Summit Topics: breast enhancement surgery and pedicures
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Short Stories by 2025
So essentially almost a role reversal, a subversion and yet mysoginoir still finds it's way in. Curious. Curious indeed.
Maybe I don't get the hype because I've never read anything by the author and I just remember the craze surrounding her during that era where Beyonce was a "poet" and added poetry to that one song I keep forgetting. However, for my first look into Ngozi's writing, I do like it.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
It's very on the nose but still enjoyable.
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Obinna is still a bit of a mysoginist he's instinct is to tear apart the physical looks of the female presidents as part of his internal disapproval of the law being upheld. He characterizes her as dramatic which is a stereotype often used to describe African American women and he's an overall ass.
In the words of my dear Laszlo Cravensworth: he speaks the bullshit.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene: :
Police Checkpoint: RUDE. Like seriously, WTF. Also I laughed then I stopped laughing and was like wait what?
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “Don’t lick your fingers like a bush boy. How will you find a wife with this kind of behavior?.” (got news for you weirdo, people have been known to lick their fingers. It's a human thing.)
🖤 “marriage was the ultimate prize for a man. Everyone knew that. So how could a man just choose not to marry? It felt to him sacrilegious” (See how ridiculous this sounds? Exactly. And yet it endures for women.)
🖤 “How will it look when we go to OPEC meetings and it turns out that only Nigeria has a male minister? They won’t take us seriously.”” (Oh I can't. This is too good!)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts :
■ Male Masturbatory Act🤣 straight to jail
■Pregnancy Checks
■Houseboys
■ Lagos cliché: the husband fighting the boyfriend in public
■G-15 Summit Topics: breast enhancement surgery and pedicures
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Short Stories by 2025