Nnedi’s Reviews > The Fishermen > Status Update

My daughter Anyaugo can dance and sing circles around me all she wants, I'M READING THIS.

argh, the tangents are driving me nuts.stick to the main plot, i don't want to know the story behind every item in the room. also, this has that usual super patriarchal feel of an igbo novel written by a man- that's both a complaint and a not to its realness (well, not real in the relationship between my parents, thank goodness, but most others). still, totally addicted to this, though.

he writes the way my uncles in the village speak. interesting. it's been a while since i've read a nigerian novel that wasn't afraid to do this. i'm really enjoyng the point of view, too. i don't agree with comparing chimamanda to achebe. that's never made sense to me (though, i love her work). but comparing obioma to achebe, YES, i see that clearly in this book, at least.