I borrowed this from the library but I want to buy my own copy, underline some passages, and put it on the shelf for my six-year-old to find one day. I borrowed this from the library but I want to buy my own copy, underline some passages, and put it on the shelf for my six-year-old to find one day. Adichie succinctly highlights so many of the same issues I have about gender-based expectations. ...more
The author did a wonderful job researching South Africa and its flora and fauna, but I found myself enjoying the descriptions of the landscape more thThe author did a wonderful job researching South Africa and its flora and fauna, but I found myself enjoying the descriptions of the landscape more than the romance of the characters. I didn't find the characters to be well-developed, they were a little too stereotypically "romance novel" for my taste, and I thought the female lead was particularly inconsistent. For a quick romance read, this is great but I like a little more substance....more
This was a light, enjoyable read. I was especially interested because I've seen so many of the bird species mentioned in my travels and living in KenyThis was a light, enjoyable read. I was especially interested because I've seen so many of the bird species mentioned in my travels and living in Kenya, Tanzania, and Burundi....more
I have mixed feelings about this book. In the end I settled on four stars because I think it describes important events going on in the world that we I have mixed feelings about this book. In the end I settled on four stars because I think it describes important events going on in the world that we as Americans tend to forget about, except for those of us living and working "out in the field" trying to explain things to folks back home. Maybe because I'm a little bit older than the characters were at the start of the book, I found them annoying. By the end I appreciated them more, but I didn't see a smooth development of character in any of them. It's as if they just woke up one day and said, "We're grownups now." I felt a little sorry for them at first, as it seems like the UN didn't give them much training in hardship/conflict living. I actually felt better about the whole book after reading the new afterward to this edition, answering some of the questions I had. Questions that I think should have been answered within the narrative in order to make the book more complete....more
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