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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really liked this book! You've read every theme before - coming of age, parental expectations and failings, dating/love, professional hardships, loss, otherization and finding out who you are but this is a fresh, funny and heartwarming taken on these themes
This book was a challenge for me at first. I chose to listen to it based on an instagram book account that said it was a good book to listen to. And the reader had a great voice for this. I enjoyed learning about this Ghanan who grew up in London and her story of her life. But as the book came to an end, I saw the wonder of this book. We get to see how Maame's identity was lost in her devotion to family and then her discovery of herself. I was very happy that I took the time to listen to this book and while there is some language and spice that I was not quite prepared for, I would recommend this book.
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
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:
Complicated
Gorgeous depiction of the pressures placed on the shoulders of young women!
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was just spectacular.
Maddie Wright, or Maame, was a character I heavily resonated with.
The book isn't crazy with the plot, there's no sharp turns and twists which is something so lovely. It is simply a young woman navigating life, friendship, love, grief, and direction in her twenties.
Her thoughts are complex, yet relatable. The story is written in such a lovely and realistic way, my props to Jessica George! I will absolutely be tuning in to her other novels.
Maddie Wright, or Maame, was a character I heavily resonated with.
The book isn't crazy with the plot, there's no sharp turns and twists which is something so lovely. It is simply a young woman navigating life, friendship, love, grief, and direction in her twenties.
Her thoughts are complex, yet relatable. The story is written in such a lovely and realistic way, my props to Jessica George! I will absolutely be tuning in to her other novels.
challenging
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
‘We grow up fast. Not by force, but because we are needed.’
Maddie Wright is 25 and tired. Between her role as primary caretaker for her father and aspirations to further her career in publishing, she’s not exactly experiencing life the way her age mates are. She has friends; the type you meet in school and speak to here-and -there. Her Mum, who spends most of her time in Ghana is asking when she will marry, and her brother, well, he’s busy with his own life. When her mum returns to London, Maddie seizes the opportunity to leave her family home and start living her ‘British’ life but when new comes of her father, her new-found freedom is put on pause causing her to reevaluate her journey to womanhood and what it means be an individual both flawed and true.
I’ve read quite a few coming-of-age stories, mostly YA novels, and though I enjoyed them the lessons they teach are often easy to forget. I loved that Jessica centred a woman in her mid-twenties because for most people turning 25 is an era of renewal and change.
Maddie Wright is 25 and tired. Between her role as primary caretaker for her father and aspirations to further her career in publishing, she’s not exactly experiencing life the way her age mates are. She has friends; the type you meet in school and speak to here-and -there. Her Mum, who spends most of her time in Ghana is asking when she will marry, and her brother, well, he’s busy with his own life. When her mum returns to London, Maddie seizes the opportunity to leave her family home and start living her ‘British’ life but when new comes of her father, her new-found freedom is put on pause causing her to reevaluate her journey to womanhood and what it means be an individual both flawed and true.
I’ve read quite a few coming-of-age stories, mostly YA novels, and though I enjoyed them the lessons they teach are often easy to forget. I loved that Jessica centred a woman in her mid-twenties because for most people turning 25 is an era of renewal and change.
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes