Talk:Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth/GA1

GA Review

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Nominator: Reading Beans (talk · contribs) 16:35, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: SafariScribe (talk · contribs) 18:29, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I love seeing works like this. Thanks for expanding Wikipedia, will be reviewing this tonight. I love seeing articles especially Nigeria and Africa. SafariScribe (talk) 18:29, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

@SafariScribe, I will address the issues in due time. You can go ahead and list all the issues and I'll try to address them in 24hrs. Best, Reading Beans 00:51, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Lede

• From here, complete the publisher's name to "Bookcraft Africa." Note: The "C" is not capitalized!
  •  Done
• The novel is a satirical political novel For this, I suggest optionally it be turned to perhaps "The novel is a Political satirical novel."
• Link "political satirical" to in-site-linking "Political satire"
  •  Done
• It is his third novel, and his first since Season of Anomy in 1973. needs to be placed right after the author to show lining. Perhaps "...novelist Wole Soyinka. It is his third novel, and his first since Season of Anomy in 1973. The novel was released/published on 28 September 2021, by BookCraft Africa."

 Partly done

• I am skeptical of the publishers. Here Kirkus review said it was by Pantheon Books, also was confirmed by the Amazon's information.
  •  Comment: The book was published by the names listed on the infobox. Except for Complete Review no other source listed the whole publishers.
• From this source, it was first published on December 1, 2020 as Hardcover by "Bookcraft Africa". I suggest you add both of them. (cite to this source and kirkus review)
  •  Partly done See, WP:GOODREADS.
• Remove the "External links" section if it serves no purpose
  •  Not done. View the article from your desktop.

Background & writing

• This sentence Nobel Prize winner[1] Wole Soyinka had wanted to write mysteries and got the inspiration for this novel for almost a decade before he started writing just before the COVID-19 pandemic is too long. Cut pls. Begin perhaps after "...almost a decade" as "He started writing the novel before the Covid-19 pandemic."
  •  Partly done
• Link "Ghana"
  •  Done

Reception

• The reception is written well but here are my few issues:
• Chronicles received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews which lauded the wordplay I want to get a bit wonderful quote from Kirkus
• Start that with perhaps "In a starred review by Kirkus Reviews, the book (instead of shortening it to "Chronicles") was .....
  •  Not done. The review was more of the book and a few judgement on the book itself.
• while Publishers Weekly in a positive review, noted that Chronicles is "A biting satire that looks at corruption in an imaginary contemporary Nigeria, Chronicles is also an intriguing and droll whodunit." and "A brilliant story that takes on politics, class, corruption, and religion from the very first chapters. It highlights Soyinka's lush, elegant language is too long. Start as a new sentence
  •  Partly done and reword.
• Perhaps reword like "Publishers Weekly praised the book as "a biting satire that looks...."
  • Ditto
• Here Ben Okri, a Nigerian writer who contributed a review for The Guardian, called the book "a vast danse macabre" and "Soyinka' greatest novel, his revenge against the insanities of the nation’s ruling class and one of the most shocking chronicles of an African nation in the 21st century." Reword perhaps "Reviewing for The Guardian, Nigerian writer Ben Okri called the book "a vast.....
  •  Done
• Here also In a review for Complete Review M. A. Orthofer gave it a B+ praising the "impressively- reword perhaps "M. A. Orthofer rated the novel B+ in Complete Review saying ...."
  • Slightly reworded.
• The last one is good
  • Thank you

Spot checking

• The reference layout is good

Image review

• Images are good and well cited!
• The first is the "Book cover" and the second was at a talk. Both are well presented.

 I am satisfied with the sources, broadness, image and all. I'm will be waiting for my review while I place on hold. Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 07:44, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

SafariScribe, check for the changes I did. Best, Reading Beans 10:19, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Well done and congratulations for your impact. I have no doubts of hilfing this any more. Thanks! Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 13:20, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

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