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The Concubine by Elechi Amadi

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Okay so I just finished reading this book recently and you guys really don't know. Honestly, you guys need to read this book. It's just way too good. Alright, let me start talking about the book.  This story literally changes from a day in the village to spiritual encounters. It gives you a scenario that might happen, but at the same time probably not happen at all. The book takes us into a whole new genre. We've heard of realistic fiction, but have you heard of realistic fantasy. Yeah.. me neither, but those are the vibes that this book gives me. Although looking at the Igbo culture from all the books I have read about it and looking at the traditionalist culture. All of this could have happened. All these things are real but you just have to fight against them you know. Lol you guys probably think I'm on some Harry Potter ish right now but know I'm not talking about dragons, fairies, giants and all of that. I'm talking about... well you'll just h

Half of the Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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PSA: Lol, this might not be the best review because I took 3 days to make a review and it got deleted. I'm high-key mad right now, but it's fine let's make it work :) This is my copy of the book and it's probably not the original copy so don't come for me This book is such an amazing piece of literature because it's considered a classic. I enjoyed reading a book that has been highly spoken about and written by an honorary author. This was a story depicting out the experiences of the people who went through the Biafran War. Now only was this an amazing realistic fiction story, but it was also an awesome historical account. It made me feel something and understand what the people went through. Let me take you through this story piece by piece. Look if you haven't read this book then you have literally not read anythinggggg. You just have to read it to understand. While I was reading this book I just couldn't put it down. I read it late into the

First of All...Introduction

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Hey guys!!!! You guys don't know me yet, I'm very sure of that. I'm just here to tell you what this blog I all about. It's all about book reviews. See I love reading, I read all kinds of novels that interest me. Right now, I've been hooked up on Nigerian Literature, so we're talking about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chinua Achebe, Buchi Emecheta and so much more. So books by them might definitely be my first to reviews. Anyways I also wanted you guys to know that this is an interactive space for readers, authors, and book lovers. If you have any requests for anything let me know in the comments or you could reach me on my socials which will be listed below. Thnx for reading and I assure you that we are going to have so much fun, reading and reviewing. Let's go!!!!!!! You can reach me on: Gmail: queenreview6@gmail.com Instagram: @reviewqueen6 P.S. On these socials you can give me a book to review or discuss a book with me. Any is fine : )