The Bride Price

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Summary: This book is soooo good!
Review: I loved this book so much. I cried at the end. I read the end over and over again. It was soooooo beautiful. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to indulge in a romance and learn about another culture. This is the first book i have read by Ms. Emecheta and I hope to read many more.

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Summary: The Bride Price
Review: The "Bride Price" by Buchi Emecheta is an informative insight into the culture, traditions and history of the Nigerian peoples and as a whole, is well served as an introduction to the rich customs and heritages of Africans. I must admit that the ending, while it was not necessarily suprising, was a bit disappointing and seemed to sort of fizzle out. While the over-all theme that I detected, that being the inability of the African people to remove themselves from their cultures, families and religious and secular traditions (not that such is desirable), regardless of lingering influence from Western domination, was in a sense captured by Emecheta's choice of an ending, although I feel it could have perhaps been handeled better, with more of a twist. However, in ultimate value this novel is a easy and enjoyable read, with an, at times captivating story line that is deeply intertwined, once again in the culture and traditions of the African and specifically Nigerian people.

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Summary: This book is soooo good!
Review: The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta is an insightful novel into the life of the Ibo people of Nigeria. Although the novel made me angry when I read it, I enjoyed the novels historical correctness whether I like it or not this is the way women were treated at this point in time. This novel gave me a wake up call as to how far things have come sense this time. No longer are we objects to be inherited by our dead brothers relatives or destine to marry who our small town chooses for us whether we love then or not. The story I think would have had a much better ending if Aku-nna could have made it. So that she could prove her culture's old superstitions wrong. All in all, I would recommend this book to any one that would enjoy a good story. Also it is a quick read, the novel keeps you entertained by the use of vivid images and a direct story line to follow so no one can get lost. This novel is similar in nature to Things Fall Apart which has one character names Oknkowo which is also used in the Bride price, this might suggest that he was a real man from that culture.

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Summary: "The Bride Price" my thoughts...
Review: The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta is an insightful novel into the life of the Ibo people of Nigeria. Although the novel made me angry when I read it, I enjoyed the novels historical correctness whether I like it or not this is the way women were treated at this point in time. This novel gave me a wake up call as to how far things have come sense this time. No longer are we objects to be inherited by our dead brothers relatives or destine to marry who our small town chooses for us whether we love then or not. The story I think would have had a much better ending if Aku-nna could have made it. So that she could prove her culture's old superstitions wrong. All in all, I would recommend this book to any one that would enjoy a good story. Also it is a quick read, the novel keeps you entertained by the use of vivid images and a direct story line to follow so no one can get lost. This novel is similar in nature to Things Fall Apart which has one character names Oknkowo which is also used in the Bride price, this might suggest that he was a real man from that culture.

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Summary: Insightful
Review: The Bride Price by Buchi is an amazing read. It takes you into the way of life of the people of an amazing culture, which in this case are the Ibo people of Nigeria and their approach to solemnization of marriages. The historical aspect of the story is up to perfection. The way the Ibo people treat woman is clearly depicted, and from this book, we have a sense of how much changes the people have undergone in their treatment of woman in the modern times. Unlike before when the relatives of a dead husband are entitled to inherit the wife, woman now are days are free to choose a different path in life. It is a remarkable story. The characters are rich and vibrant, the plot is amazing and the setting is perfect. I recommend this book to any ready who loves a good story, especially one with an African setting.

Also recommended: THE USURPER AND OTHER STORIES, DISCIPLES OF FORTUNE, THE CONCUBINE

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Summary: The Bride Price
Review: The Bride Price is both an easy and enlightening read. Buchi Emecheta deftly captures the girl's adolescent fragility and power as she struggles to carve out her identity amongst the dictates of patriarchy, which her mother upholds to the point of betraying her own vulnerable daughter. ...

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Summary: A GOOD BOOK
Review: This book makes the reader think seriously about the importance of preseving tradition in a changing world, and the high cost of that preservation.