It wasn't like that with this book. I know exactly when it happened. Page 14. Ifemelu and Blaine are talking about books that he like:
She had read many of them, because he recommended them, but they were like cotton candy that so easily evaporated from her tongue's memory.
That quote right there was when I knew this book would be special.
I didnt expect this book to be about love at all. Not in the sense that it was at least. It was so tender and fragile. It was beautiful, and to quote the book itself, it was poetic.
Very rarely do you come across a book that challenges your thoughts and views on the world, a book that will change you. This is one of those gems. It will stay with me for a long time, if not forever.
I'll admit I was a bit bored with the storyline in the beginning, but the writing definitely made up for it, and the story picked up soon enough. It's amazing, isn't it, how this novel spans so many years, and yet it's hard to explain exactly what it was about.
The book left me feeling empty and nostalgic. I wanted it to be longer. 600 pages wasn't nearly enough.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is such a great writer, and I'll go check out all her other books for sure.
I'll be buying multiple copies of this one and gift them at Christmas.