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A review by simonator
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
3.75
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