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A review by poisonenvy
Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
4.5*
I have a lot of thoughts about this novel, but I'm not really sure, exactly, how to articulate them.
This novel follows the lives of three Nigerian women, two twins and their mother, who have been estranged for some time. The story is meandering and disjointed (this is NOT a bad thing by any means, the story is woven together in a way that it really works), and is told in a non-chronological order that really worked for me.
I'm a white, queer Canadian women, and while the story was so clearly a story of these Nigerian women as they lived abroad and lived at home, there were still a lot of pieces that I could relate to, especially in Taiye's story. I guess that just shoes that some human experiences are universal, no matter what your background. But even the stuff that I couldn't directly relate to was told brilliantly, and I was intrigued throughout the novel.
I've got a lot of mixed feelings about the end of the story that I won't get into here (especially since this was a book club book and we'll be discussing it on Monday; don't want to spoil my thoughts for my book club!), but I saw it coming and so it fits with the story, no matter what my personal feelings on the matter are.
I have a lot of thoughts about this novel, but I'm not really sure, exactly, how to articulate them.
This novel follows the lives of three Nigerian women, two twins and their mother, who have been estranged for some time. The story is meandering and disjointed (this is NOT a bad thing by any means, the story is woven together in a way that it really works), and is told in a non-chronological order that really worked for me.
I'm a white, queer Canadian women, and while the story was so clearly a story of these Nigerian women as they lived abroad and lived at home, there were still a lot of pieces that I could relate to, especially in Taiye's story. I guess that just shoes that some human experiences are universal, no matter what your background. But even the stuff that I couldn't directly relate to was told brilliantly, and I was intrigued throughout the novel.
I've got a lot of mixed feelings about the end of the story that I won't get into here (especially since this was a book club book and we'll be discussing it on Monday; don't want to spoil my thoughts for my book club!), but I saw it coming and so it fits with the story, no matter what my personal feelings on the matter are.