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Anyone want to discuss Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie's Dream Count?

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Carla786 · 21/04/2026 19:45

Personally I liked it but I thought it wasn't as good as her previous novels. She wrote it after coming out of a long writer's block and losing both her parents so I can imagine it must have been very hard to write such an epic novel...

My main issue was with the Kadiatou plot line. It was based on the Dominique Strauss Kahn case, but Kadiatou's behaviour seemed much simpler than Diallo's. I would have preferred a more morally ambiguous Kadiatou who was STILL telling the truth about the assault : that would have strengthened the feminist message too..

I also felt the timelines didn't work. There was no mention of MeToo etc. The Kadiatou section felt like it was taking place in 2011, like the real case did, not the 2020s.

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theuntameableshrew · 21/04/2026 20:40

I’m only 130 pages in but enjoying it. I’m finding the characters complex, captivating and relatable.

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