soully’s Reviews > Half of a Yellow Sun > Status Update

- i’m so sorry ikejide and mama odenigbo :(

- ukwu has such an entitlement to women

- richard is so self-righteous but the moment he doesn’t get validation, he questions himself, flip his position, or resents someone. he so badly wants to be in-grouped. but he can only see the country through the lens of himself.

so much to unpack. major ones:
- odenigbo’s mother is a wicked woman
- amala I am so sorry!! you were mad e surrogate with no choice of your own
- olanna?? richard?? olanna is very self-centered and that showed in this act along with her comment to edna
- olanna’s revolutionism is finally not a choice as she experiences war in the village, and it begins to wither. that is until trauma intensifies and she hardens

what happened between olanna, odenigbo, kainene, and richard?

ukwu, you lack control and contentment. if buffering at 99% was a person, it would be you. that 1% will always remain; it defines you. you rely on the ambiguity of the future to imagine a version of yourself that will never exist, but sources your confidence


odenigbo why amala left your room?

olanna you never deserved what you saw in kano