A review by addobs
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad: Stories by Damilare Kuku

3.0

I was drawn to this book by the title and the description of dating disasters! Like many short story collections, this one had its ups and downs. Some stories I loved, some not so much. Some made me laugh and many others left me feeling quite sad and hollow. I think I went in with expectations of these being kind of Sex and the City dating stories, but because the author does such a great job giving the characters real emotions and inner lives, it made it hard for me to see the humor and I instead got caught up in the other emotions. As a full collection, it didn't quite strike the right balance for me, but I enjoyed seeing these different slices of life in Lagos and I would recommend reading as standalone stories with breaks in between.