Thomas's Reviews > Blessings

3.5 stars

I thought this book was okay! Blessings definitely contains important themes related to navigating queerness, femmephobia, and alienation in an oppressive family and greater society. I found the prose in the first half of the book a bit heavy and monotonous at times, though that may have stemmed from the realistically-portrayed, ongoing homophobia happening in the main character’s life. The story seemed to open up more and gain more momentum in the last 100 pages when our protagonist Obiefuna meets a man named Miebi. All in all, some interesting and poignant scenes related to gayness, family, and being true to yourself, even if I didn’t entirely love the book’s execution.