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A review by shelfcarebyken
The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams
3.0
I love stories like this that are character-focused and full of drama with little plot, but I can understand how this may not be everyone's cup of tea. The foundation of this book was intriguing to me as it follows two Nigerian women's friendship and how it changes when one friend gets married and explores starting a family. As we read, we get to view a 24 hr period from all three of the character's points of view, and we get additional flashback memories as well that uncover how these relationships were formed and how they've changed over the years.
I was genuinely interested in each of the characters' points of views and loved reading about how messy their relationships were. I also really appreciated the discussions of trauma including generational trauma and familial trauma that influences each of these character's lives.
The biggest disappointment of this book was the ending. I saw another reviewer describe it as feeling like the story stopped mid-sentence, and I could not agree more. While this is a short literary fiction novel, it definitely could have benefitted from a longer ending simply to tie everything up at the end. I think the overall story had a lot of great potential, but the ending needed a lot more substance.
I was genuinely interested in each of the characters' points of views and loved reading about how messy their relationships were. I also really appreciated the discussions of trauma including generational trauma and familial trauma that influences each of these character's lives.
The biggest disappointment of this book was the ending. I saw another reviewer describe it as feeling like the story stopped mid-sentence, and I could not agree more. While this is a short literary fiction novel, it definitely could have benefitted from a longer ending simply to tie everything up at the end. I think the overall story had a lot of great potential, but the ending needed a lot more substance.