Americanah

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Published June 3, 2013 by PUBLICACOES D.QUIXOTE.

ISBN:
978-972-20-5280-1
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4 stars

I'm usually very invested in point of view characters. (so I hate antihero stories.) Though I liked Ifemelu, I was disappointed with her romantic relationships. I like her blogging and her sense of humor and her compassion. Though her compassion fails, pretty regularly, that just makes her more human. I love Obinze and his mother through Ifem's eyes. And Obinze's POV in London was so sympathetic and wrenching.
SO - who is this utter asshole named Obinze when we meet him back in Lagos? And HOW DID HE GET WEALTHY? It seems he's now corrupt (and criminal in a powerful, crushing the poor way, rather than a desperate visa-dodging way), and - does he marry Kosi because he hates himself now? There's no resolution. Well -

SPOILER ALERT

Yeah in the end our lovebirds get back together, but who cares, now that Obinze sucks?

He says he wants the best …

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