Favorite Novel

Out of all of the books we have read in this class, I have to say Things Fall Apart is probably my favorite. But, it is also the only book I would have read outside of this class for pleasure, because I have heard a lot of things about it and have been meaning to read it. Nonetheless, it was the book that I felt was the most straightforward! It had a simple style, and wasn't trying too hard to be confusing (which is what I feel All About H. Hatterr is doing at times...).

After that would probably be Nervous Conditions or Gandhi, both of which once again were simple in style and plot. Gandhi was not what I was expecting - which is that it was not boring. No offense, but Gandhi's story has been retold to me hundreds of times, so to see him in a new light was unexpected and very pleasant. His youth is something I don't think many people know or talk about, so to see this part of his life unfold with his own emotions and feelings was pretty interesting. As for Tambu, I think Nervous Conditions was the novel with which we most opened up as a class, because it related closely to our own education in many ways - the bullies, the peer pressure, the pressure to get good grades, the competitive nature of the students, wanting to have the latest clothes/food, etc. The Book of Not, however, I didn't enjoy nearly as much as the Nervous Conditions.