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A review by harasnicole
Wahala by Nikki May
4.0
I thought this was going be more murder/mystery than it turned out to be. That prologue really captured my interest and I was excited to finally get to the point in the book that prologue was describing, but it was literally the last, like, 5% of the book (on my Kindle; I don't know how many pages that would be physically).
Mostly, though, I was just confused about how the main women - Simi, Boo, and Ronke - are even best friends because the way Boo and Simi talk about Ronke behind her back, and how often they do it, really just turned me off of them. Especially Boo. Her derision for her husband and daughter is just so constant, I dreaded reading her chapters because it just never changed until close to the end.
Simi was the next character I hated. She was so pretentious, and considered herself to be above everyone, even her supposed "best friends", and I have no idea why her husband stays with her after everything she lied about. I truly do not understand it.
Ronke was probably my favorite character. She was the most nicest, open-minded person to read. She seems like a genuinely good person, too good to be friends with Simi and Boo, and I don't know how she's still able to maintain any kind of level of friendship with them.
And then there's Isobel. She was a compelling character in the beginning, and for a while, but obviously, as you get further into the book, you begin to see how unhinged she is, and then by the end, she just seems too much like a cartoon villain. I know why she targets one of the women, but the others makes no sense to me because they didn't do anything wrong, that I know of. I guess she's just vindictive like her daddy? I don't know.
It reads super quickly, though. You'll feel like you're flying through the book (at least I did on my Kindle), and the writing no doubt helped with that. I can see where the comparison to Sex and the City comes from even though I've never seen the show or the movies and have no interest to, but I feel like a better comparison would be closer to Big Little Lies but Nigerian if anything.
I did get tired of Boo being prejudiced against Nigerians, though. Simi too, now that I think about it. All three women are mixed-race Nigerians, it's what brought them together, and only one of them - Ronke - chooses to embrace that half, maybe to an almost obsessive degree. Ronke deserves better.
Mostly, though, I was just confused about how the main women - Simi, Boo, and Ronke - are even best friends because the way Boo and Simi talk about Ronke behind her back, and how often they do it, really just turned me off of them. Especially Boo. Her derision for her husband and daughter is just so constant, I dreaded reading her chapters because it just never changed until close to the end.
Simi was the next character I hated. She was so pretentious, and considered herself to be above everyone, even her supposed "best friends", and I have no idea why her husband stays with her after everything she lied about. I truly do not understand it.
Ronke was probably my favorite character. She was the most nicest, open-minded person to read. She seems like a genuinely good person, too good to be friends with Simi and Boo, and I don't know how she's still able to maintain any kind of level of friendship with them.
And then there's Isobel. She was a compelling character in the beginning, and for a while, but obviously, as you get further into the book, you begin to see how unhinged she is, and then by the end, she just seems too much like a cartoon villain. I know why she targets one of the women, but the others makes no sense to me because they didn't do anything wrong, that I know of. I guess she's just vindictive like her daddy? I don't know.
It reads super quickly, though. You'll feel like you're flying through the book (at least I did on my Kindle), and the writing no doubt helped with that. I can see where the comparison to Sex and the City comes from even though I've never seen the show or the movies and have no interest to, but I feel like a better comparison would be closer to Big Little Lies but Nigerian if anything.
I did get tired of Boo being prejudiced against Nigerians, though. Simi too, now that I think about it. All three women are mixed-race Nigerians, it's what brought them together, and only one of them - Ronke - chooses to embrace that half, maybe to an almost obsessive degree. Ronke deserves better.