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Bookpossum · 08-14-2013, 01:18 AM

I have just finished reading it. I liked the way in which the mothers' story-telling to their children was woven into the main story. Achebe writes with such apparent simplicity and yet the effect of the book is profound.

I found the book as a whole very believable, especially the way in which the missionaries won over converts through kindness to the outcasts and those ill-treated by the harshness of the tribal laws. If I was the mother who gave birth to twins, I think I would be a very early convert!

Also depressingly believable was the way in which the Africans working for the white men ill-treated their fellow Africans.

I'm looking forward to hearing what others think about the book, but meantime I'm going to find something cheerful to read!

08-14-2013, 01:18 AM	#4
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	I have just finished reading it. I liked the way in which the mothers' story-telling to their children was woven into the main story. Achebe writes with such apparent simplicity and yet the effect of the book is profound. I found the book as a whole very believable, especially the way in which the missionaries won over converts through kindness to the outcasts and those ill-treated by the harshness of the tribal laws. If I was the mother who gave birth to twins, I think I would be a very early convert! Also depressingly believable was the way in which the Africans working for the white men ill-treated their fellow Africans. I'm looking forward to hearing what others think about the book, but meantime I'm going to find something cheerful to read!