Icarus on holiday # 12

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche now finished. I had hear a lot about it and it was a good enough read at this time of year but to me it felt a wee bit like the American food it eschewed. Looks great on the plate and lots of it but ultimately it was a wee bit bland. It was ggood to read the 'black' experience from an outsider's view and her observation if some if the USA is also good, like i say, lots good in it. But it never really set it's own heather alight and for me it lacked both depth and (oh dear) passion which it championed. To paraphrase, I am afraid I was 'content in a house but always sitting by the window and looking out.' It's a phrase that reminded me of Villette but without the commitment to really do something about it. In the end we had Jane Ayre, dear reader (plot spoiler coming up, you know how it ended) she...