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simonator 's review for:
How Beautiful We Were
by Imbolo Mbue
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual violence
Gut-wrenching. Every now and then, a sentence comes along and knocks you out with its poetry. Intelligent, emphatic lesson in the complexities of contemporary colonialism and the terrible inevitibilty of a monstrous modernity.
Biggest issue is with narrative structure; often any suspense is neutered by some questionable choices for the temporal sequence of plot-events