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Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

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jaynekernodle's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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katrod's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Sometimes I really shoot myself in the foot by not reading or remembering book blurbs.

This book is about a woman who just lost her husband to suicide, and having recently lost a friend to suicide, it wasn’t the right choice.  Proceed with caution if you’ve lost a loved one or have any difficulty with mentions of suicide.  

The grief in this book is overwhelming.  It’s like you’re swimming in the ocean and all of a sudden you’re being pummeled by wave after wave with no relief or break to come up for air.  It feels like drowning.  

There wasn’t much else in this book except the processing of her grief and I just wasn’t ready.  
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bethanneguc's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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loafyn's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

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soobooksalot's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Someday, Maybe is an amazing debut from Onyi Nwabineli.
 Eve has lost her beloved husband, Quentin, to suicide. She found him. There was no note.
 We are taken through her agony and grief, and get to know her family and friends as they struggle to keep her above water.
 Eve goes through all the reactions from missing Q, to feeling abandoned and guilty for not knowing the "why", and reminiscing about their life together. All the while dealing with one of the more contentious inlaw relationships put to page.
 "Closure is not promised. It is a gift, and my husband chose to keep it from me."
 Despite the subject matter, Someday, Maybe is also darkly wry. 
 It's also a look into the different cultures that made up Eve and Quentin's relationship, with Eve's close-knit Nigerian family contrasting Quentin's aloof and unsupportive dynamic.
 To sum up, Nwabineli's writing feels absolutely effortless and the characters are brilliantly created. So pleased to have made this my first BOTM pick. Recommended!
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laurenkimoto's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Here are three things you should know about this book:
  1. It will emotionally eviscerate you 
  2. It is an absolutely beautiful and heart wrenching portrayal of grief 
  3. The love of this family is endless 
And one thing you should know about me
  1. I read this whole thing in less than a week 
bonus fact: No, I am not okay
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yasmine1998's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A gripping novel about grief beyond measure. To grieve is to love. And this one really showed all the dark and light corners of that process. 
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kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Deeply moving and terribly sad. This book displays the rawness of grief in a stunning and real way. The peeks into Nigerian culture were fascinating and gave the novel depth it wouldn’t otherwise have. The author brings truth and honesty to the characters brilliantly.
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collie98's review against another edition

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emotional sad slow-paced
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  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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charlu22's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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