Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

BATB score: 5/10 💔

You either love it or you don’t.

Best to: it’s a slow burn book about a powerful Catholic family in Nigeria vs the rest of the family

Best for: novel appreciation

Best as: the book’s content can be summarized in <5 minutes but it can be overly analyzed for hours; it’s about religion, revolution, corruption, discipline, coming of age, Nigeria, the author’s voice; I didn’t like it

Best quotes: “We did that often, asking each other questions whose answers we already knew.”

“I was not sure what my laughter sounded like. ”