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Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku
4.0
dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Fuji House of Commotion meets Everyday People in this funny yet serious satire on what it means to be a woman in Nigeria, particularly a skinny one.

I read this in one sitting. It wasn’t what I was expecting. It was raw, it was emotional and took me down memory lane.

OBBMT follows the story of Temi who is hell bent on having surgery to increase the size of her backside. What follows is a whole lot of drama that the reader is not prepared for.

Even though the writing style is the author’s signature style, it did not do this book justice but for me it didn’t take anything away because I was invested in all the family drama/dynamics and the tea spilling.

Even with all the fun and humour laced through, the book explores deep topics, such as body dysmorphic disorder, assault, r*pe and trauma.

I enjoyed how this took me down memory lane from the melodramatic aunties to the comical prophets and alfas to the street slangs to the Yoruba parties to the music, you can’t help but be immersed in the world the author has created.

I don’t know what the author was playing at with that ending but it is open ended and so much liberty has been given to the reader to create their own ending, except maybe a sequel is in the works.

If you love funny yet serious books with some dose of family drama (naija style) then you will enjoy this.
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