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Nnedi
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The exploration of grief is one redeeming aspect of this book - it’s also realistic with Nigerian culture/parenting - so much goes unsaid, and I can’t imagine the weight of losing both wife and son so close together for Baby’s father
— Nov 09, 2025 12:26AM
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Nnedi
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Samson’s story line is a bit perplexing because how have we gone from him being someone her father suspects she likes to him being selected to accompany her on a trip to Switzerland?
— Nov 07, 2025 03:14AM
Nnedi
is on page 121 of 337
first pace change in this book - discovering Charlie boy is actually dead. I found the reveal backstory slightly off putting with phrases like “coconut head” and “conked” - like isn’t this a painful memory for Baby?
I also don’t get Baby’s use of British English and grammar one minute and switching to incomplete/implausible Nigerian vernacular in the next.
— Nov 04, 2025 07:02PM
I also don’t get Baby’s use of British English and grammar one minute and switching to incomplete/implausible Nigerian vernacular in the next.
Nnedi
is on page 56 of 337
resisting abandoning so far. I’m finding a lot of the dialogue in this book implausible [from a Nigerian context], and the switching of tenses present tense to past participle a bit annoying.
— Nov 04, 2025 11:11AM
