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In Such Tremendous Heat
by Kehinde Fadipe
Basking in Singapore’s non-stop sunshine, low tax rate and crocodile Birkins on every other arm, Dara, Amaka and Lillian are living the dream - until their carefully constructed lives are upended by a new arrival…
From the three women having a connection with the same man, I thought this was gonna go a certain direction that I wasn’t there for but I was really intrigued with the direction that the book went in. It was definitely different to what I was expecting (in a good way!). Although, I have to admit I wasn’t a fan of the long chapters as I do prefer shorter ones but that’s definitely more of a personal preference thing.
I’m glad that I gave this book more of a chance and powered through half of it on audio as when the drama started to unfold, I found it really hard to stop reading this book. It gave me the drama vibes of Dial A for Aunties, which was such a fun time, but just without murder. I really love how distinctive all three of the POVs were and I really loved all of their character development, my favourite’s definitely being Lillian as she showed the most change and it was really beautiful to see her work through her grief. I really love how we got to see her therapy sessions and I love how her mental health illness was represented, as it made her character feel very raw, vulnerable and refreshing to see as she worked through her trauma. I also loved seeing glimpses of Dara’s job - I would love a whole book on Dara, following her legal career because she was one of my favourite characters from the beginning and her type of law she practiced sounded so interesting. I did really like a lot of the side characters as they’re were interesting in the glimpses we got of them, like Lucy and Rohit.
I like how everything was tied up and in a way, all three characters had their own happy endings which they deserved.
Thank you Dialogue Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book early, in exchange for an honest review.
⚠️ CWs: death of a parent, cheating, alcohol use, derogatory language, racism, cursing, infertility, grief, physical assault, injury detail, sexual situations, panic attack, mental health illness (PTSD), microaggressions, vomit, ableist language, calorie checking; mentions cancer, car accident ⚠️
From the three women having a connection with the same man, I thought this was gonna go a certain direction that I wasn’t there for but I was really intrigued with the direction that the book went in. It was definitely different to what I was expecting (in a good way!). Although, I have to admit I wasn’t a fan of the long chapters as I do prefer shorter ones but that’s definitely more of a personal preference thing.
I’m glad that I gave this book more of a chance and powered through half of it on audio as when the drama started to unfold, I found it really hard to stop reading this book. It gave me the drama vibes of Dial A for Aunties, which was such a fun time, but just without murder. I really love how distinctive all three of the POVs were and I really loved all of their character development, my favourite’s definitely being Lillian as she showed the most change and it was really beautiful to see her work through her grief. I really love how we got to see her therapy sessions and I love how her mental health illness was represented, as it made her character feel very raw, vulnerable and refreshing to see as she worked through her trauma. I also loved seeing glimpses of Dara’s job - I would love a whole book on Dara, following her legal career because she was one of my favourite characters from the beginning and her type of law she practiced sounded so interesting. I did really like a lot of the side characters as they’re were interesting in the glimpses we got of them, like Lucy and Rohit.
I like how everything was tied up and in a way, all three characters had their own happy endings which they deserved.
Thank you Dialogue Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book early, in exchange for an honest review.
⚠️ CWs: death of a parent, cheating, alcohol use, derogatory language, racism, cursing, infertility, grief, physical assault, injury detail, sexual situations, panic attack, mental health illness (PTSD), microaggressions, vomit, ableist language, calorie checking; mentions cancer, car accident ⚠️