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His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

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booksamongstfriends's review against another edition

3.0

Marrying into rich family sounds great at first… but marrying into rich family so you can dissuade the son from the woman he loves…. Not so much

tobeobia's review

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emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

i quite liked the first half, but the second kind of disappointed me. i think i expected the story to develop in a way it didn’t, and large swaths of the writing read like a fanfic to me. when she started seriously narrating the wealth she was experiencing, i lost interest and started skimming. we get it. you are rich now. i wish we heard the perspective of “the other woman”. in fact, that is my largest gripe with the story, as i was so curious to know what she thought of things. i understand it was afi’s story, though… interesting that afi and muna were physical opposites of one another. i don’t personally understand a good amount of the characters’ decisions, but hey.

glad afi chose afi.

readingafrica's review against another edition

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4.0

I like the plot. It reminds me of a Nollywood movie, with a somewhat unexpected ending. I'd like to read a sequel (if it ever happens)

jaci_fbh's review

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emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lizbetweenthelines's review

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funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

spencer0o7's review against another edition

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3.0

is it mean to say that my rating went down the more i read? like damn i remember being halfway thru and even considering this as a 5 star book. idrk what happened its like hard to explain. I can totally see where the comparison to crazy rich asians comes from tho. I feel like I was sooo happy for Afi and Eli at first then I got annoyed at Afi and then I was finally happy with them again but then like the whole reveal with Muna (which was VERY obvious) kind of just ruined it for me like..oh?? tbf i literally just finished the book so this rating might change but rn its like a 3,5 stars. I really did enjoy this book mostly, especially since it reminded me of dele weds destiny. Maybe in like a year I could reread this book and enjoy it even more.