A fun and easy to read middle grade novel about friendship and kindness. I loved the characters, the little island setting, and the plot. Towards the A fun and easy to read middle grade novel about friendship and kindness. I loved the characters, the little island setting, and the plot. Towards the end, things got kinda dark/heavy, and I appreciate how the author handled those mature subjects in an MG book....more
An amazing and stunning grayscale graphic novel. The title basically says it all. It's a quick and easy guide to asexuality. It covers many basics, suAn amazing and stunning grayscale graphic novel. The title basically says it all. It's a quick and easy guide to asexuality. It covers many basics, such as growing up asexual, dating while asexual, and common myths about asexuality.
I love the style which the authors used in their teaching. I also love that there was a lot of diversity to include many identities under the ace spectrum.
This was REALLY good and it would have gotten five stars but a lot of what's in the book isn't new to me. For further in depth reading I'd recommend Ace by Angela Chen. It's also on the reading list at the end of this graphic novel....more
This book was entertaining, no doubt about that. The title, 'wahala' is the Yoruba word for trouble, and there was no shortage of trouble for the mainThis book was entertaining, no doubt about that. The title, 'wahala' is the Yoruba word for trouble, and there was no shortage of trouble for the main characters. There was enough messiness, drama, and gbas gbos to go around. Heavy on the mess, heavy on the shock value.
Many things make a book, and that's why even with all the ways this book was entertaining and had me reading the entire thing in basically one sitting, it didn't do it for me.
I enjoyed some of the themes explored in this book, such as colorism and growing up biracial. The main characters are three biracial women with three different backgrounds and childhoods. This book also dives a bit into women's experiences in the workplace. The pressure on women to be married and have a family at a certain age are also explored in various angles through Simi and Ronke.
My favorite characters in this book were Ronke, Didier, and Sofia. Didier def deserves better than Boo lol.
Ronke, Simi, and Boo are supposed to be best friends but honestly I didn't buy into the friendship. They are spiteful and petty, and they keep a lot of secrets from each other. I understand that in the story the author was trying to create, secrets fueled the narrative and kept the plot moving along. However, some of the secrets the women keep from each other just shows that while they might have been friends to some extent, they aren't so close.
What happened to sitting down and talking things through with your best friends? It was too easy for Isobel to worm her way into this friend group and sow seeds of discord.
Another thing that made this book exasperating for me was the ending. The author tried a bit of genre-bending there. The big reveals and the coincidences required too much suspension of disbelief, and I just couldn't deal. I mean I guessed on the reveals early on and I laughed at myself for being so ridiculous but alas. The plot holes were also too much and the math wasn't mathing.
Also Kayode's character. It pained me that his intentions were never really made clear. He was an asshole to Ronke and she deserved better.
Bingeable, entertaining, it also ultimately fell flat. I have also read a lot of reviews for this book and definitely see how it's appreciated in different ways by different readers.
Top tier god shit This was such an amazing read and the way this book went is why i love books like Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones. Following a celeb's liTop tier god shit This was such an amazing read and the way this book went is why i love books like Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones. Following a celeb's life from humble beginnings to stardom and seeing them as humans with all their failings and highs and lows and now this one is a real person baring himself and the character development? Chef's kiss. So much to take away from this book. My first 5-star read of '22...more
This is a novel in stories told in little slice of life interconnected stories. It focuses on the residents of a small Trinidadian community called PlThis is a novel in stories told in little slice of life interconnected stories. It focuses on the residents of a small Trinidadian community called Pleasantview. Don't let the name or cover fool you. Pleasantview is far from pleasant. I found the first two stories just okay but the third story? It gripped my heart and the book just took off from there. My heart is with Gail and Ms Ivy and with Kimberley and the women and young boys affected by the horrible men of Pleasantview. So many heavy themes but the author still found a way to infuse humor into it. Top tier stuff tbh. The book club chat with the author facilitated by @lipglossmaffia / @theindulgentbibliophile was the icing on the cake. I definitely recommend this one....more
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