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A review by afi_whatafireads
The List by Yomi Adegoke
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Good lord for the life of me, this book ended up becoming like a man apologist. I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THAT ENDING. AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT I WENT THRU WITH THIS BOOK.
Yeah no thanks.
(if you do want to read my rants here it is)
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Good lord was this suffocating.
I sighed a huge BIG OLD GUST OF RELIEF WHEN THIS FINALLY ENDED.
What the heck did I just read ?
This got me so mad and angry and annoyed i want to slap someone.
Firstly, lets talk about the premise.
The premise of the book sounded like everything that I would lile. A black power couple on social media, going to get married, and a list came out, being them allegedly being accused of something so horrendous (yes Michael u dumbass) that circulated in social media. Ola, began investigating the list to get to know what is behind everything that is happening. A story of betrayal, laced with the mystery from the list itself and supposedly to be a feminist read.
Well all that should be a great premise to a great story if not for the messy writing, the jarring and super unlikeable characters and just the whole premise at the end of the story. For some parts that I actually liked, was the social media cancel culture and how people are so quick to judge someone that they don't know. Social media is both a powerful tool and yet can be discriminating as well. However, that's the only thing that I liked about this book.
1) I hated and LOATHED the characters. I didn't want to root for anyone. Nope not a single bloody person in here deserves my pity. I actually liked reading unreliable narrators and their perspectives, but this one,....... damn it was not it. Ola was annoying, Michael is just a douchebag and good lord I wanted to slap the minor characters once or twice.
2) The writing style was just not it. I feel that it was written solely to be picked up by a cable TV and whilst its not a bad thing, it actually affected my reading experience. There were so many loopholes in the story that were unexplained and I'm left there dumbfounded that I even finished the bloody book.
3) The ending was almost like an apologist to men. I was annoyed because it touches a very sensitive topic on sexual assaults and victimisation of women, only to make it seemed like this women are crazy and not in their rights minds.... which beats the whole purpose of the book???????? Like what even, not only I was pissed off, I literally want to hurl this book in the gutter because uh huh that was not it.
So yeah, this book was definitely not it for me. the fact i read this when I was sick... and it physcially made me feel worst? yeah nope nadah.
(hide spoiler)]
I tried. But nope.
1.5🌟 gurlie is not happy.
Yeah no thanks.
(if you do want to read my rants here it is)
[
Good lord was this suffocating.
I sighed a huge BIG OLD GUST OF RELIEF WHEN THIS FINALLY ENDED.
What the heck did I just read ?
This got me so mad and angry and annoyed i want to slap someone.
Firstly, lets talk about the premise.
The premise of the book sounded like everything that I would lile. A black power couple on social media, going to get married, and a list came out, being them allegedly being accused of something so horrendous (yes Michael u dumbass) that circulated in social media. Ola, began investigating the list to get to know what is behind everything that is happening. A story of betrayal, laced with the mystery from the list itself and supposedly to be a feminist read.
Well all that should be a great premise to a great story if not for the messy writing, the jarring and super unlikeable characters and just the whole premise at the end of the story. For some parts that I actually liked, was the social media cancel culture and how people are so quick to judge someone that they don't know. Social media is both a powerful tool and yet can be discriminating as well. However, that's the only thing that I liked about this book.
1) I hated and LOATHED the characters. I didn't want to root for anyone. Nope not a single bloody person in here deserves my pity. I actually liked reading unreliable narrators and their perspectives, but this one,....... damn it was not it. Ola was annoying, Michael is just a douchebag and good lord I wanted to slap the minor characters once or twice.
2) The writing style was just not it. I feel that it was written solely to be picked up by a cable TV and whilst its not a bad thing, it actually affected my reading experience. There were so many loopholes in the story that were unexplained and I'm left there dumbfounded that I even finished the bloody book.
3) The ending was almost like an apologist to men. I was annoyed because it touches a very sensitive topic on sexual assaults and victimisation of women, only to make it seemed like this women are crazy and not in their rights minds.... which beats the whole purpose of the book???????? Like what even, not only I was pissed off, I literally want to hurl this book in the gutter because uh huh that was not it.
So yeah, this book was definitely not it for me. the fact i read this when I was sick... and it physcially made me feel worst? yeah nope nadah.
(hide spoiler)]
I tried. But nope.
1.5🌟 gurlie is not happy.