this was pretty good. i wish that the relationship between ifemelu and obinze would have been more developed. it was great that they had a connection, but we never got to fully see why it was so strong in the first place. the characters themselves were in love with one another but i personally never understood why. 

the writing style was also good, but i wish it was more passionate. i noticed that in this book and “purple hibiscus”, the styles seemed very passive and not passionate, so it seems to be adiche’s personal writing style. its not bad obviously, but just something i noticed!