Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Purple Hibiscus

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Hello everyone ;) I'm back again with another review. I've received this book from my ex-roommate and now friend that I've met during my European Volunteering Service experience in Slovenia. 

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The book I'll talk about today is The Purple Hibiscus by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 

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The book was quite tough to read, and not because of the language, since, even if it was written in French, it was quite easy to understand, except, of course, for the Nigerian words, which thankfully there was a "small dictionary" for them at the end, which I found helpful. 

The book is set in a postcolonial Nigeria and it revolves around the main character Kambili, of 15 years old, at least for most of the book, the last part will be "the present time" when she's young adult. She's part of a wealthy family, where the Catholic-leading figure is played by the father, Eugene, an abusive man against both the wife and their kids, Kambili and Jaja. 

The story is told through her eyes and will be full of events, all revolving on faith and violence.

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I must admit that I liked the book, but it wasn't my all time favourites I've read this year so far. I've found some parts a bit boring, especially the beginning parts. The ones with violence were a bit disturbing and I had to stop few times, especially on the miscarriage one. 

But anyways it was an enjoyable book that had a sort of happy ending that I wasn't expecting at all, so it managed to surprise me for good. 

I'm planning to read other books from her, so this one was a total yes that made me discover an amazing writer of our modern times :)

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoul

                                                      Small Great Things

by Jodi Picoult

Hello everyone ;) For this month my review will be about a book that I received as a surprise gift for a giveaway on which I choose the book The Colour Purple. The girl was so nice to gift me also another book, which happened to be this one above :)

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I'm going to do a review of Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult. I had really no expectations because I didn't know the writer before and never heard of the book either. As soon as I read the plot though, I was already intrigued. 

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The book surprised me for good. I like the topic of racism but I was never so into modern novels. Still haven't found so many to actually like. But this one was amazing, and I didn't expect it. 

The main character, Ruth, is a nurse that lose her jobs because of Naziskin Turk, whose newborn baby died of suffocation. The blame was, of course, set on Ruth, because she was the last one that tried to make the kid breathe again, even if she was not supposed to because the parents of the baby didn't want any African-American to touch or get close to them and their baby. 

The book is the experience of a brave woman that tries to get back her job and get justice through the help of the advocate Kennedy.

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The part I've found most interesting, though, is that you have different points of views. You have the chapters through Ruth's pov, or Turk and even the lawyer Kennedy. 

That's what intrigued me the most, because you could see all their thoughts and different aspects of everyone's life that were leading to the same goal, to have justice. 

So it's totally recommended if you like modern novels, a bit of medical and legal terms too and racism topics.