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A review by reydeam
Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
4.0
“If the burden is too much and stays too long, even love bends, cracks, comes close to breaking and sometimes does break. But when it's in a thousand pieces around your feet, that doesn't mean it's no longer love.”
An emotionally stirring, intelligently written story told with sympathetic characters that struggle with their infertility; Yejide and Akin make choices and decisions with lasting consequences.
I was immediately drawn to Yejide and Akin’s world as they told their story from their different POVs. Their lives and struggles felt real. Their choices and actions were raw which I am sure was met with dislike by many readers. At times, I felt a weight on my shoulders from their decisions. Their trajectories, however, did not cause me to dislike them but only to embrace their story even more.
Stay with Me goes beyond the struggles of infertility to give a deeper look into love, the fragility of relationships under stress, the weight of societal and family expectations along with the effects of broken communication, betrayal, and loss. It’s a story well painted with words with an ending that was beautifully written. A ray of hope was seen.
Side note: I listened to the audiobook edition of this story. The narrator was fantastic; narrated by Adjoa Andoh. I appreciated her Nigerian accent which added depth and a greater sense of the story.
Rating: 4 1/2 stars
An emotionally stirring, intelligently written story told with sympathetic characters that struggle with their infertility; Yejide and Akin make choices and decisions with lasting consequences.
I was immediately drawn to Yejide and Akin’s world as they told their story from their different POVs. Their lives and struggles felt real. Their choices and actions were raw which I am sure was met with dislike by many readers. At times, I felt a weight on my shoulders from their decisions. Their trajectories, however, did not cause me to dislike them but only to embrace their story even more.
Stay with Me goes beyond the struggles of infertility to give a deeper look into love, the fragility of relationships under stress, the weight of societal and family expectations along with the effects of broken communication, betrayal, and loss. It’s a story well painted with words with an ending that was beautifully written. A ray of hope was seen.
Side note: I listened to the audiobook edition of this story. The narrator was fantastic; narrated by Adjoa Andoh. I appreciated her Nigerian accent which added depth and a greater sense of the story.
Rating: 4 1/2 stars