Our Sister Killjoy: Or Reflections from a Black-Eyed Squint (Faber Editions) by Ama Ata Aidoo

Our Sister Killjoy: Or Reflections from a Black-Eyed Squint (Faber Editions)

Ama Ata Aidoo

256 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
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Join a young Ghanaian woman on her journey into Europe's heart of whiteness to meet the natives in this iconoclastic modern classic. Sissie is leaving Africa for the first time, arriving in Europe on a scholarship to experience the glories of a We...

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Community Reviews

3.86
based on 269 reviews

Moods

reflective: 94%

challenging: 73%

informative: 41%

funny: 26%

emotional: 23%

adventurous: 11%

dark: 11%

inspiring: 8%

tense: 8%

sad: 5%

hopeful: 2%

mysterious: 2%

Pace

21% of readers chose fast
59% of readers chose medium
18% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

20% of readers chose A mix
73% of readers chose Character
6% of readers chose N/A
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

51% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
27% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

42% of readers chose Yes
38% of readers chose Complicated
15% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

89% of readers chose Yes
6% of readers chose Complicated
3% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

23% of readers chose Yes
26% of readers chose Complicated
42% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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