I think it’s glorious.

The classic I am supposed to have read but have had difficulty getting past the first page.

[The author's] classic.

I admired the fierce honesty in the single-mindedly feminist world-view of this book.

A stunning book.

I also loved [this book].

A book I consider grossly overrated.

A book I consider grossly overrated.

A page-turner that succeeds both at character and ideas.

Unbearably moving.

Unbearably moving.

It is elegant and elegiac, and evokes Washington DC with subtle power.

It is elegant and elegiac, and evokes Washington DC with subtle power.

I was entranced by the children who had these wonderful adventures and who were always magically at the right place at the right time.

I was entranced by the children who had these wonderful adventures and who were always magically at the right place at the right time.

Complex and funny and interesting.

Complex and funny and interesting.

Made me cry.

Made me cry.

Made me laugh. It’s a brilliant novel about contemporary Nigeria.

Made me laugh. It’s a brilliant novel about contemporary Nigeria.

A very sharply observed, brilliant, beautiful novel about life in postapartheid South Africa.

A very sharply observed, brilliant, beautiful novel about life in postapartheid South Africa.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recommended this book in an EW interview.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recommended this book in an EW interview.

It is so atmospheric, so hauntingly described, that the reader never quite emerges from the book.

It is so atmospheric, so hauntingly described, that the reader never quite emerges from the book.

This is a humourous, irreverent and unabashedly political novel.

This is a humourous, irreverent and unabashedly political novel.

I loved this book as a teenager and have never forgotten how completely absorbed I was by [the author's] wonderfully evocative world.

I loved this book as a teenager and have never forgotten how completely absorbed I was by [the author's] wonderfully evocative world.