I was initially intrigued by this story set in Ghana, and while I never hated my experience listening to it, it fell flat in many ways. One, the character development of Afi was jarring. She went from being a beyond docile creature to not caring what anybody thought in a few chapters, and while I did find myself sympathizing with her, I didn’t have an emotional connection to any of the characters. It was a very simple story overall, no plot twists or anything exciting, and the ending was lack-lustre. It was quite obvious that the author herself had never had children and did very little research into the whole process, and while there were some interesting glimpses of Ghanaian culture, most of the book was set in the westernized city. The writing could have been worse but the whole story just felt rather pointless and like something I will probably forget very quickly.