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I read this book like 7yrs ago so my memory is a bit sketchy even though i really liked this book. I've always hated river between so for me, this one was great.

hmmm what can i remember? Well i always wonder what happened to Mugo in the end. I thought if it was me i.e if i was one of the elders, what would i do? Kill him? Forgive him? He gave the people EVERYTHING and yet as a traitor, he took A LOT too. When i read it, i remember thinking that he'd taken EVERYTHING too but 7yrs (ok maybe 4:p) later, given the choice to 'jugde' him, i would have set him free and it would not ahve been a diff choice to make either. The man made a HUGE mistake--well a deliberate one but he spent the rest of his time agonising and repenting for it. Why should our heros be perfect? We are only human beings. We come with so many flaws. Mugo's was ironic in that it directly conflicted with the other side of his heroism--a traitor. I felt for this character. I saw his humanity, his fear, pain, GREAT SHAME and GREAT COURAGE. He was a hero:)


ummm what else oh yes the 'ministers' or whoever ended up running the country. Typical thieves and opportunists, no diff than what we have today. I don't remember if it was actually in this book where a white settler was raped. That was terrible.:( I imagine worse or the same was happening to many African women during this time by British soldiers but that scene with the white chick was so sad.

Moving on, Gikonyo was just soo fantastic:7 The best bit is when he comes home, and shows her he has forgiven her and accepted her son by that seedy homeguard--the one who wore her down or tricked her? Remember how he looked at her once he'd 'had' her? Creepy bastid!Anyhoo back to Gikonyo who carving out that statute of a pregnant woman was it? That was sssssssooooooo beautiful:) Stood out as a great moment for me:) I loved it all, the way he did it, he didn't judge her forever, he didn't say much, he just showed her, quietly carving it out meeeeen *sniff* *sniff* Love is soo beautiful:)


The book basically made me feel really really proud of what people had to endure for freedom and STILL they rose. It was sad in the end that there seemed to be many 'omens' of a dire future which we have seen play out in real life in many african countries but the people, their struggles was inspiring.:)
Ok who else? lol i can't remember anyone else or metaphores, any more symbolism etc but i do remember lol that Mugo had a BIG ASS D.I.C.K that those jamaas were laughing at and comparing it to a kondoo's LMAO:D

good book:)