An exceptional audiobook

One of the best books I heard/read in a long time. The language is incredibly powerful, with well-drawn characters. Loved the speaker as well. This audiobook will stay with me for a long time.

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beautiful story, shows how the being surrounded by the right people can be life changing

I loved this story _ for me the only negative was the quality if the audio. I enjoyed the narration but at times felt I could hear background noise or the deep breathing and mouth noises of the narrator which would be disturbing at times. I felt deeply for kambili and her brother. and although felt irritated by her mother for most of the story i also felt her pain in a way. i loved the aunt stepping into their lives more fully and wondered why that never happened before especially because she seemed aware of the kind of person her brother was. i hate to describe black women as strong because j feel they are often not given the space to be soft even through out difficulty but it was truly impressive ti see how she handled life after her husband's death she was able to laugh, provide for her children and raise children who were strong, educated, opinionated and who were respectful towards her and raised a family that genuinely enjoyed each others company. In only a week each of them were able to make a lasting impact in both of their cousins lives. I feel conflicted about the ending_ not conflicted, I hated it but I think it fits the family and the time period well despite what I would've wanted for them. my first book by this author, I dont know why I put it off so long but I will definitely be reading more.

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Great Story, but the accent

I really enjoyed the story and the different tonalities the speaker used, but nevertheless I couldn’t imagine myself into the nigerian setting because of the strong southern African accent. Unfortunately this bordered me a lot during the story…

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Yet another great book

I enjoyed listening to this book.
Great narrator.
Loved the voice of her Auntie (Father's sister)..Totally loved the this character. Admire her strength in times of hardship and still manages to stay happy and raise happy children (Kambilis cousins). You can learn a thing or two from this woman character.

Interesting to listen to the view of how the English man brought Christianity to Nigeria. And how one could be a prisoner of a foreign religion to the extent of dishonoring his own father. Two religious people that lead different lives....and so much more...

Just buy this book and find out yourself...

I love all you books Chimamanda. Thank you!

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Sensitive, stirring, well narrated

A sensitive, stirring story of a family, religion, love and abuse flowing into each other narrated in an authentic way.

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Fell in love with the characters

Every time I read one of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's books I fall in love with the characters and I don't ever want to leave their world.

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Prima Vorleserin

I found this book because I was looking for another book that was read by Lisette Lecat. I LIKE her voice and intonation so I really wondered why another listener should give her a negative comment. This was an impressive story and in my opinion it was perfectly read by the reader. Who cares (or knows) if this accent was the rigth one for Nigerian people? So I feel the need to compliment not only the writer but also the reader.

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Sehr gute Geschichte

Würden Sie Purple Hibiscus noch mal anhören? Warum?

Nein, weil die Erzählstimme nicht authentisch ist; eine Südafrikanerin, die sich bemüht den IGBO Akzent, bzw nigerianisches Englisch zu imitieren. Das kurze Hineinhören in die Hörprobe hatte mich zwar schon irritiert, aber ich wollte das Buch unbedingt hören, da ich die AUtorin sehr mag.

Wie hat der Erzähler das Buch beeinflusst?

Nicht gut; wie oben schon erwähnt, fühlt man sich nicht in Nigeria, sondern im südlichen Afrika.

Hat dieses Hörbuch Sie emotional stark bewegt? Mussten Sie laut z.B. lachen, weinen, zweifeln, etc.?

Im Nachhinein hätte ich dieses Buch besser gelesen; von der Autorin kenne ich schon andere Bücher, die ich gelesen habe und ihre Schreibweise gefällt mir sehr gut.

Was wäre für andere Hörer sonst noch hilfreich zu wissen, um das Hörbuch richtig einschätzen zu können?

Leider war für mich die Vorleserin eine totale Fehlbesetzung, die für mich den Hörgenuss sehr reduziert hat; normalerweise hat Audible hier ein besseres Gefühl.

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Fantastic!

Great narrator, fantastic story! I enjoyed listening to this audiobook. One of the best narrators I listened to on Audible.

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Please localize the Narrator

The story is authentic. What really spoiled the book for me was using a narrator from southern Africa. The Narrator had no idea of the correct inflections or pronunciations of the typical Nigerian words at all and usung the southern African inflections and pronunciations just killed the story, . maybe to someone not from Nigeria or even west Africa it qouldnt be noticeable but as a native from there it hurt my soul to hear such pronounciations. Please localize when using Narrators or else let a european/ american person read. Simply having an " African accent" for the Narrator does not work. Audible can and must do better!!!
After all books by Britush authoes are read by british Narrators, american books by American narrators so please use Nigerian narrators for Nigerian authors.

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