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#amazingbooks
One of the best books I've read I enjoyed every chapter I am definitely going to reread this book a couple more times.. 🤥

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#toomuch Too much thinking too much reading too much fighting to pay attention

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#forgivingandgrowing
Orlenna asked Ruth may forgiveness and Leah is growing and learning from everything that happened.

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#influenced
I think this book had a strong impact on me and also made me aware of certain views and opinions that influenced me.

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#TheCircleOfMistakesAndForgiveness
Through all of the mistakes and harmful choices made, everyone is encourage to forgive each other (even dead people, unless you are Nathan, cause nobody cares).

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#intense
This book had a lot of twist and turns especially in a political sense. The book became very chaotic towards the end. Not only was the book as a whole a lot to comprehend, but there were also a lot of hidden meanings and lots of symbolisms that were very meaningful.

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#rollercoaster
IT WAS CONFUSING. I do love the different perspectives and that you can tell who is telling through the different vocabulary and dialects of the women. But the super complicated vocabulary took from the story a bit. AND THE PACING. it was very slow then HA ANTS then slow then DEATH then a time jump. I'm not the biggest fan of time jumps so yeah. 5/10 wouldn't recommend.

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#outlooksonlife
You get to experience different lifestyles and outlooks on life through the perspectives of different characters.

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#mid
The first 400 pages I could barely stay awake, no offense to either teacher. But the ending picked up fast.

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#everythinghappensforareason... everything ends up making sense at the end

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#toolongdidntread
I chose this because I wouldn't want to read it again and therefore, I don't think I could recommend someone else put all the time into this book, unless they like books I guess

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#inconvenient
too long and big words

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#useyourmind
because in this book you need to use your mind since some parts get very confusing and use many things most people don't know and you need to connect some context clues too

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#NathanIsMid
#L+Ratio
Nathan spends his entire trip trying to convert the people there instead of adjusting himself thinking that he knows the only way. Then he gets burned alive and ratioed by the village.

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#AdahIsTheOnlyOneILike
Because she just made sense but no sense at the same time and it made me want to know more.

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#Change
I feel that all of the characters change in some very significant way. From Rachel all the way down to Ruth May, all of the characters have changed, for better or worse.

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She's straight forward and doesn't really see outside the box.

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She's straight forward with herself and doesn't really see outside the box.

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I think people who think of themselves is necessary in the world. people and views similar to Rachel's keeps the balance. I don't agree with being paranoid that the world (in her case the Congolese people) are out to get her in every way.

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Does not take life for granted. She knows life is a gift and you must take what life you are given and do the most with it. She sees what is right in front of her and the circle of how life works.

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She is aware of the surroundings, and she is realistic.

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Adah is an observer. She is educated and self aware and let's things be.

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Leah has understanding and compassion for the different worlds and cultures around her. She is adapting herself to a new way of living with new resources.

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She is blunt with everything

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She is very straight up with what she believes but I feel like a constant "it is what it is" state of mind would not be healthy for the "average person" (me being the "average person")

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Leah's dedication to the land around is admirable. I don't think this makes her better than her sisters, but I do think her making a conscious effort to contribute is something I try to also achieve.

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Adah knows that she is dying and she just accepts it.

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Rachel has somewhat of an outdated world view. She is only concerned with herself and her wellbeing. I think that she did not learn anything about her time in the Congo.

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Leah is caring and her intentions are pure. She wants to give back to the people of the Congo and help them.

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Adah sees the world as it is and doesn’t try to see it differently

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Adah is just an observer and always was, she sees everything as it is, and doesn’t try to change anything

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Leah is open minded, you could say shes opposite from Rachel 

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Leah is open minded, you could say shes opposite from Rachel 

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I think Leah is trying to get used to the place that she's living with the resources she has.

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I feel like Adah just kind of states the facts as it is. She does not have much remorse when it comes to death. Adah also seems very educated with living in both the Congo and America.

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Her worldview seems very pessimistic, but with her circumstances all of her life, I can’t blame her.

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She now understands that life has value everywhere but, that value is percieved in various ways across the world.

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Adah is very straightforward.

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Leah is understanding and that’s a good characteristic to have

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Adah is the type of person to say everything balances out after a mass genocide.

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Leah is compassionate and caring for others, and tries to go with the flow

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She seems to care for people wants to help them.

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Leah wants to adapt herself to the culture and not change the Congolese people.

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I feel that Adah is saying that life and death are natural. There are different ways that death happens, and depending on the culture and society, different deaths hold different weights. There is a balance to this with everything that we see in life. I would have to agree with her point, life and death are natural and nothing that should be feared.

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Leah seems to be and understanding and caring individual.

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Leah is just trying to make the best out of her surroundings, and she has become understanding of other cultures and their way of living and has almost adapted to the Congo.

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She just sees it as it is. She never sugar coats anything and just does and say what she wants.

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Leah is talking about how people don’t want to grow, and to stay comfortable. Personally, I feel as if Leah is still growing and learning that things need to change for Africa to flourish.

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It is a good thing to see that she is adjusting they way that she lives to the circumstances and environment around her as to not harm them.

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Her passion and dedication to people is great and I do believe everyone should have a sense of duty to the people around them, but I also think you should be good to yourself and keep a little bit of you for yourself.

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Leah is very caring and does what she thinks is good for others.

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Rachel is very self-centered and really only cares about her own well-being. I feel like to an extent this is a good way to live, but it can also get lonely living this way.

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The last person you'd want to comfort you after a family member passed away

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She is very elitist and out-of-touch with the rest of the people in the Congo. She only ever interacts with the high-class white people in South Africa.

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She accepts her mistakes but, she doesn't regret them because, if she did not make them she would not be where she is. She is trying to reverse what her mission was when she arrived.

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I disagree with her mindset only focusing on herself and being selfish isn’t the way to go

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Adah sees the world for how it is and she can do this because she is an observer. Being an observer has helped her come to the conclusion that there is Grey areas in life and its best to just watch and enjoy as one person, or culture isn't the only one and won't work for everyone.

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She's just going along with what's around her trying to do what she thinks is good

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Rachel is very self-centered, doesn't really think about others.

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Shes very understanding and just kind of goes with the flow and tries to fit in with what's around her

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I think Rachel only cares about herself, she doesn't really care what others have going on.

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I feel that she is saying that people will find happiness if they keep on pushing through. I agree with part of her point, but I feel that she has somewhat over shot her point. I don't think that continuing pushing on will end in happiness.

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She's the definition of money doesn't equal happiness

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I feel like Rachel is being selfish and not considerate and not caring about other peoples feelings she only does things that benefits her. 

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I feel like Rachel is being selfish and not considerate and not caring about other peoples feelings she only does things that benefits her. 

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Rachel’s thoughts are selfish, and should have to struggle alone for her to teach herself a  lesson

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She has a point to let other people bicker with each other and to do what is good for you.

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L mindset she seems to be a boring person to be around she a hater.

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It feels she's given up on herself and others by living this way. I don't really agree with her.

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I agree and share Adah's values that negative things and positive things are necessary. I feel like if one bad thing is taken out the balance, another will arise.

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She talked so much about hard work but, she even admits here, she didn't do anything. If the world is as dog-eat-dog as she says, she would never know cause she never have to fight for what she has now.

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I agree to disagree, I agree with standing up for yourself and being independent but Rachel takes it to an extreme point and also adds racism to it as well.

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I think Leah represents understanding and she shows the ability to be able to join and switch someone's culture.

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I feel that her thoughts are only about herself. They feel very selfish, and I don't really agree with what she is saying. I can understand that she is saying to stand up for yourself, but it feels like she is taking it too far past the point.

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I kind of agree with her to an extent but at the same time she needs to do things on her own to get the experience and think of others since she is very much just thinking of herself.

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Rachel is completely wrong. At least with how I think, you should strive to be a better person and improve constantly. Rachel’s pre-historic mindset is the explanation of her eventual downfall. But, she’s right that you need to be able to self observant and realize that sometimes you have to only worry about you.

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She taking this to the extreme, but I think she's right to an extent.

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She believes to build yourself up on the downfall and mistakes of others. and that is DEFINETLY not the move. She is selfish and that is a really lonely way of living... so yeah... that is not ideal.

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“The loss of life: unwelcome? Immoral? I don’t know. Depends perhaps on where you are and what sort of death. Hereabouts where we sit among piles of leftover protein we press into cakes for the pets…here where we pay soothsayers and acrobats to help lose weight, then yes, for a child to die is immoral. But this is just one place. I’m afraid I’ve seen a world. In the world, the carrying capacity for humans is limited.” – Adah Price, p. 528

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“The loss of life: unwelcome? Immoral? I don’t know. Depends perhaps on where you are and what sort of death. Hereabouts where we sit among piles of leftover protein we press into cakes for the pets…here where we pay soothsayers and acrobats to help lose weight, then yes, for a child to die is immoral. But this is just one place. I’m afraid I’ve seen a world. In the world, the carrying capacity for humans is limited.” – Adah Price, p. 528

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“Maybe in the long run people will persist happily here only if they return to the ways of the ancient Kongo… I don’t know. To be here without doing everything wrong requires a new agriculture, a new sort of planning, a new religion. I am the un-missionary, as Adah would say, beginning each day on my knees, asking to be converted. Forgive me, Africa, according to the multitudes of thy mercies.” – Leah Price, p. 525

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“Maybe in the long run people will persist happily here only if they return to the ways of the ancient Kongo… I don’t know. To be here without doing everything wrong requires a new agriculture, a new sort of planning, a new religion. I am the un-missionary, as Adah would say, beginning each day on my knees, asking to be converted. Forgive me, Africa, according to the multitudes of thy mercies.” – Leah Price, p. 525

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“So, that’s my advice. Let others do the pushing and shoving, and you just ride along. In the end, the neck you save will be your own…If you ask me, that’s how it is and ever shall be. You stick out your elbows and hold yourself up.” -Rachel Price, p. 517 

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“So, that’s my advice. Let others do the pushing and shoving, and you just ride along. In the end, the neck you save will be your own…If you ask me, that’s how it is and ever shall be. You stick out your elbows and hold yourself up.” -Rachel Price, p. 517 