No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe

No Longer at Ease

The African Trilogy #2

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
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When Obi Okonkwo, grandson of Okonkwo, the main character in Things Fall Apart returns to Nigeria from England in the 1950s, his foreign education separates him from his African roots. No Longer at Ease, the third and concluding novel in Chinua Ac...

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3.74
based on 1,448 reviews

Moods

reflective: 68%

sad: 43%

challenging: 35%

emotional: 32%

dark: 25%

informative: 25%

tense: 22%

funny: 4%

adventurous: 3%

hopeful: 2%

mysterious: 2%

Pace

22% of readers chose fast
53% of readers chose medium
24% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

14% of readers chose Plot
31% of readers chose A mix
53% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

47% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
16% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
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Complicated
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Loveable characters?

23% of readers chose Yes
44% of readers chose Complicated
29% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
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Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

71% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
14% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
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Flaws of characters a main focus?

77% of readers chose Yes
15% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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