Purple Hibiscus

In the grand scheme of things, I'm enjoying Purple Hibiscus. However, it is kind of dense but not a bad kind of dense. This book gives a lot to think about and I think that's why it takes me a while to read it. I'm really trying to focus on annotating the most important things so that I remember them. I annotate with my interpretations of most of the important lines in this book. This book says a lot of important and powerful things though, so my annotations are also kind of dense, but I don't mind it because at least I feel like I'm getting something out of reading this.

I don't always enjoy school reading books, but this one is up there with the good ones. I think that I'm invested in this book so it's making it easier for me to read. If the characters in a novel are likable, or even extremely dislikeable like Papa, it makes it easier to get through. I want the best for Kambili and Jaja so I've mainly been making my annotations analyze their actions in contrast to Papa and basically rephrasing the main parts. Writing things out helps me to remember them so annotating and summarizing important parts has helped me a lot with understanding this novel.