title: Dream Count
author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
publisher: Knopf
publication date: March 4, 2025
pages: 416
peppers: 1 (on this scale)
warnings: none
summary: The book follows four women in their quests to find love, have families, and figure out what makes them happy.
tropes: Since this book isn't a romance, it isn't trope-heavy.
what I liked: some of the characterization
what I didn’t like: the narrative voice, even when in the first person, seems very removed from the action/emotion, as if always telling the stories from years later. I really wanted to like this book because I love Americanah and Purple Hibiscus, but I did not ever get grabbed by this book. In fact, I DNFed it at 41%.
overall rating: 2 (of 5 stars)