Reviews - Nearly All The Men In Lagos Are Mad

674 reviews for:

Nearly All The Men In Lagos Are Mad

Damilare Kuku

4.0 AVERAGE

mosope21's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

laurenexploresbooks's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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keji95's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

reviewsbylola's review against another edition

4.5

medium-paced

amaka_onye's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

sleepingsaha's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny reflective tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I raced through this collection of stories focusing on heterosexual relationships between women and men living in Lagos. I love that Kuku focused on a diversity of relationships -- from people who are in the early stages of dating to people who've been married for many years to people who have just met -- and the problems within them. And I appreciated how she wove the setting of Lagos into nearly every story. My favorites were "International Relations" and "Catfish." I did wish that some of the stories ended a bit less neatly so that the reader could sit with the tension present in the whole collection (which was something I appreciated about "Catfish" in particular).
I'll end this review with the best quote in the novel: "At least you will die with the taste of my vagina accompanying you to the hell you came from."

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