A review by coralinejones
Daughter in Exile by Bisi Adjapon

2.75

Such a frustrating read. I wanted to like this way more than I did, but Lola's constant struggle was just not enjoyable to read, even if it may be realistic. It's not that a book has to be comfortable to be good, but Lola's repetitive stupid decisions and poor character development made this read ultimately unenjoyable. I'm not a huge fan of Adjapon's writing style, but it worked in the first half of this novel. Once our main character made it to America it was, what I can only explain as, "A Little Life" for black people. So exhausting.