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  • Review: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Review: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Adichie is an author I have a great admiration for, yet I always take an incredible amount of time to get through each of her works. Her talent and slow narratives daunt and bore me at first, but I always come away wishing I had really engaged with the novel and digested it more consistently….

  • Review: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Review: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    An insight into the terrors of war and how we cope as people. Half of a Yellow Sun stands as a profound and significant work in addressing the Biafran War that divided Nigeria across the late 1960s. The novel follows three characters: Ugwu, a village boy turned servant; Olanna, the wife of Ugwu’s master; Richard,…

  • Book of the Week #15

    Book of the Week #15

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is an immensely talented author who has received plenty of praise here on The Steady Read. She has a knack for slow and compelling narratives, and I assume Americanah will be full of the same slow-paced quality that appears in all her other works. The story follows Ifemelu and Obinze, two teenage…

  • Everything I Read in 2022

    Everything I Read in 2022

    A little retroactive post never hurt anyone. With July 2nd marking the midpoint of the year, I thought it would be fun to put out a post officially listing what I read in 2022 (even if every book has been reviewed prior to this). I actually read more than I realised in 2022, and more…