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Book Reviews January 9, 2021January 13, 2021 by Tosin

The education of a British-protected child – Book Review

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ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ꜱʜᴏᴛ (ᴏꜰ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ. ᴅᴜʜ!) ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴀᴠᴏɪᴅɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴏɴꜱɪʙɪʟɪᴛɪᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʜᴏᴏꜱɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɪɴꜱᴛᴇᴀᴅ.

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ᴄʜᴇᴇʀꜱ, ᴍʏ ꜰᴇʟʟᴏᴡ ɪʀʀᴇꜱᴘᴏɴꜱɪʙʟᴇ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ! 🥂

ᴛʜᴇ ɢɪʟᴅᴇᴅ ᴏɴᴇꜱ ʙʏ ɴᴀᴍ

ᴛʜᴇ ɢɪʟᴅᴇᴅ ᴏɴᴇꜱ ʙʏ ɴᴀᴍɪɴᴀ ꜰᴏʀɴᴀ - ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ

I remember how excited I was to receive this copy and how obsessed I was with the cover. I went into this with high expectations and I wasn’t disappointed.

ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋ

The gilded ones explores the life of a sixteen year old girl, Deka who was raised by her parents in Irfut, a small village in Northern Otera. For context, Otera is deeply patriarchal.

“Our whole lives, we’ve been taught to make ourselves smaller, weaker than men. That’s what the infinite wisdoms teaches — that being a girl means perpetual submission.”

All her life, she has looked forward to the purity ceremony where young girls are put through the razzest ordeal to determine if they’re pure or not. 🙄Deka has anticipated this because she’s ready to finally be officially pure and accepted by her community but she got the shock of her life when she realized how ‘impure’ she was. She suddenly develops these powers and doesn’t know what to do with them neither is she particularly thrilled about these changes. This book takes us on her adventurous journey to self discovery.

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʟɪᴋᴇᴅ

I really liked how Namina wrote about the female characters in this book and how diverse they were. I also really liked how applicable the entire book is to the real world in the sense that it portrays the importance of not just accepting problematic/misogynistic traditions but actually thinking for yourself and dismantling the patriarchy!

ʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ
Overall, I really enjoyed it. (4⭐️)

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I wrote a detailed review on the blog. Please go read it. 💚(Link in my bio)

Shelf update! ___ I can’t wait to read these!

Shelf update!

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I can’t wait to read these!

I read the ebook of this years ago and while I was

I read the ebook of this years ago and while I was at the bookstore yesterday, I contemplated buying the paperback just to have it on my shelf.

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I didn’t end up buying this but I can tell you for a fact that it’s a fantastic collection of short stories. It made me remember the post I was working on which is currently on the blog.
(Click the link in my bio to get some recommendations)

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