Say You're One of Them
by Uwem Akpan
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Book Reviews of Say You're One of Them
Book Review: Say You Are One Of Them
Summary: 4 Stars
I was attracted to this book after hearing an interview on NPR with the author. The interviewer mentioned that it was written in the voice of the children, as children. I was not disappointed. Here we see a child's eye view of some of the horrific political situations in Africa without the politics. It is written from the perspective of those who remain innocent in a world that is not innocent, even when they are swept up in the horrors themselves and become part of it.Book Review: Book review
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very difficult book to read, not because of its format but because of its content. It was eye opening for me and I thought I was aware of the poverty and hardship that exists in Africa. The book looks at events in the poorest parts of Africa through the eyes of children and it is painful. Read at your own risk, the risk of realizing how very fortunate you are to live where you do and the feeling that maybe you could be doing something to help.Book Review: Haunting, Gripping and Necessary
Summary: 5 Stars
This book consists of short stories that describe realistic scenarios of African lives the average American won't see watching network news. Akpan manages to creatively detail interpersonal dynamics with simple adjectives and each story ends so abruptly,leaving you imagining how the next passage would begin. Each story is narrated through the simple, honest eyes of a child and Akpan achieves this so brilliantly by removing judgement. Definite good read.Book Review: Say You're One of Them
Summary: 5 Stars
Fantastic collection of short stories about the horendous conditions in Africa. The author tells the stories so the readers know the characters deeply. Humility and humor, something not easy to portray among the horrible conditions, is evident in each story. All the stories are about children and how they handle life, and how they deal with not so nice situations. This book is a good read and I highly reccomend itBook Review: Good Contribution
Summary: 3 Stars
This collection of stories introduces the horrors of the wars in Africa to a public largely ignorant of the details. The most moving was In My Parents Bedroom, in which the people come alive in a vivid and terrifying manner. I found most of the others a bit too heady and felt they could have had more impact.