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Dele Weds Destiny
by Tomi Obaro
Spoiler alert, the story is barely about Dele or Destiny.
In this book, we meet Funmi, Enitan and Zainab; three girls who meet at university in Zaria and become best friends. The story takes us through the beginnings of their friendship, their relationships with their mothers (and stepmothers), and when they become mothers, their relationships with their daughters (and god-daughter).
Although I see what Obaro might have been trying to achieve by exploring the complexities of female friendships and mother-daughter relationships, I think she could have done a much better job. The story mentions but never shows us how Enitan truly feels about the almost painful lack of male attention while being best friends with two of the most sought-after women on campus. The story also never properly discussed Funmi and Destiny’s relationship. We get a little more of that for Remi and Enitan. I think that should have taken up a good portion of the book, instead of telling us every single thing that happened while the girls were at university.
Nothing new or particularly interesting happens in the story. If you’ve read the blurb, you have the gist of the story. There was barely any suspense or serious conflict, and I was glad when I got to the last page. I did thoroughly enjoy reading the chapters about the wedding itself. Obaro does a great job with that.
A good enough story.
In this book, we meet Funmi, Enitan and Zainab; three girls who meet at university in Zaria and become best friends. The story takes us through the beginnings of their friendship, their relationships with their mothers (and stepmothers), and when they become mothers, their relationships with their daughters (and god-daughter).
Although I see what Obaro might have been trying to achieve by exploring the complexities of female friendships and mother-daughter relationships, I think she could have done a much better job. The story mentions but never shows us how Enitan truly feels about the almost painful lack of male attention while being best friends with two of the most sought-after women on campus. The story also never properly discussed Funmi and Destiny’s relationship. We get a little more of that for Remi and Enitan. I think that should have taken up a good portion of the book, instead of telling us every single thing that happened while the girls were at university.
Nothing new or particularly interesting happens in the story. If you’ve read the blurb, you have the gist of the story. There was barely any suspense or serious conflict, and I was glad when I got to the last page. I did thoroughly enjoy reading the chapters about the wedding itself. Obaro does a great job with that.
A good enough story.