agreed!

It certainly warrants a re-read!

Will check it out, thanks!

Thanks for the recommendations! I’ll check them out

I think a few people read books like this with the expectation of gory violence and oppressive colonialism from the offset. This book does take its time to establish the Igboland, before the British arrive later in the book.

I’ll check it out!

Sounds great i’ll check it out!

Definitely agree!

No I don’t think so.

YAMS and palm oil omg. also fufu.

Wow that must have been amazing! congrats

half of a yellow sun is my next read, but thanks for the others too! i’ll check them out

I hope you do! But if you don’t enjoy reading, DNF’ing is more than reasonable. Achebe won’t be for everyone, like any author :)

You grew your ear for decoration, not for hearing

Thank you! I’ll check them out

likewise, i think i shall read half of a yellow sun next.

i’ll check it out

I will definitely check it out! Thank you.

Will check them out! Thanks for the recc

That sounds incredible, must have helped so much to have someone with some much first hand knowledge. I will certainly check out the other two of the trilogy! Thank you

I had no idea! I shall definitely check them out. Thanks

Fair enough. Not every book will gel for everyone.

Thanks for the recommendation :)

I seen a lot of reviewers say that the bulk of the early sections are useless, as the colonialism doesn’t come until the second or third parts.

But it was the life before the white people arrived I found most interesting too! The mythology and ancient rules were so different to anything I had heard and I was so entrenched in the plot. Such a great read.

Will check it out!