This novel was interesting and had its moments of clarity and beauty, but it was overshadowed by the harmful things that the author has said about other trans/nonbinary people. I read it because I thought I wanted to be an Adichie completist, but even as I read it, I knew that I don't need to be.  

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She had not learned the art of silent crying; she had not needed to.

I was busy locking little parts of me up...