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lindsayst's review
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
nourarifai's review
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Didn’t really like the writing style, felt quite poor honestly. But the actual content was quite sad and I felt upset for the main character a lot, she went through it.
meghuvadareads's review
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
teabagandtales's review
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Check trigger warnings before reading this book.
1 loved the writing style.
The story is sadly nothing new, the whole blesser and blessee lifestyle is very dangerous our high school students are being subjected to this type of abuse (yes it's abuse). Even our president has taken notice of this dangerous epidemic.
The mother deserves jail time.
I hated the victim-blaming and sadly that's how a lot of South African families are, our children deserve better than "she was forward".
natou's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
4.0
alexissc's review against another edition
challenging
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
moukashawna's review
I’m not a fan of first person point of view so it was incredibly hard for me to get past that in order to finish the book. It’s like really the never ending diary entry of someone I couldn’t find enjoyable. Because of the choice of perspective, there’s also a lot of explaining done by Bontle and it all reads like a tripe Sex and the City narrative. I couldn’t get through it.
bibliobabe94's review against another edition
1.0
Unlikable character, almost seems like a morality tale. Narrator was good.
readwithcatriona's review against another edition
1.0
Bontle Tau lives a glamorous life from her Instagram feed. The expensive bags, the fancy hotels, meals out, exotic holidays.... she thrives on wealth. Luckily she has “a degree in MENcology” to manipulate her “blessers” to pay for it all. She has multiple men on the go, an ex husband that won’t let go and a friend group that’s built on outshining the other
Honestly don’t think I’ve read something that literally has no plot??? Like for starters, the book is written as if it’s Bontle’s diary, very informal and self absorbed. The story just felt boring and nothing exciting stood out. For the first quarter it’s literally her describing how she knows all these different men and what they’ve contributed to her life of luxury. Theres far too many mini storylines that are wrapped up too quickly without any proper clarification or depth. It gives a very “sex and the city” vibe but over exaggerated events and even bigger self absorbed characters. The people in Bontle’s life is given no focus and therefore are felt like accessories in her life rather than important people.
One thing I enjoyed was that it used cultural terminology which thankfully you are given a glossary list in the back for so I was able to connect better to the setting and understand the characters surroundings better. The author attempted to include difficult themes like drug abuse, sexual assault of a minor and HIV, but it was thrown in at the end and was given no chance to properly be developed into the story.
Overall I didn’t really like the book and I very rarely rate a book lower than 3 stars. The synopsis on Amazon didn’t give much away other than Instagram and fake was and I guess I was drawn to the pretty cover. But to be honest, Instagram is barely mentioned at all and it’s rather a sugar daddy focussed book.
Honestly don’t think I’ve read something that literally has no plot??? Like for starters, the book is written as if it’s Bontle’s diary, very informal and self absorbed. The story just felt boring and nothing exciting stood out. For the first quarter it’s literally her describing how she knows all these different men and what they’ve contributed to her life of luxury. Theres far too many mini storylines that are wrapped up too quickly without any proper clarification or depth. It gives a very “sex and the city” vibe but over exaggerated events and even bigger self absorbed characters. The people in Bontle’s life is given no focus and therefore are felt like accessories in her life rather than important people.
One thing I enjoyed was that it used cultural terminology which thankfully you are given a glossary list in the back for so I was able to connect better to the setting and understand the characters surroundings better. The author attempted to include difficult themes like drug abuse, sexual assault of a minor and HIV, but it was thrown in at the end and was given no chance to properly be developed into the story.
Overall I didn’t really like the book and I very rarely rate a book lower than 3 stars. The synopsis on Amazon didn’t give much away other than Instagram and fake was and I guess I was drawn to the pretty cover. But to be honest, Instagram is barely mentioned at all and it’s rather a sugar daddy focussed book.