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ezichinny's review against another edition
3.0
Rating 3.5.
This title of this story basically summarizes what happened. A young college student named Toritsefe Sagay (Efe) met and fell in love with a fellow student named Kevwe Mukoro. They were torn apart for over 7yrs, but a chance business meeting between Kevwe’s twin broter Ofure and Efe paved the way for the former lovers to confront each other. Instead of getting closure, Efe and Kevwe discovered that their feelings had not changed. They had to make a choice of whether to let the past rest or find out what went wrong and fix it.
What I liked:
1) The use of naija slang brought back lots of memories
2) Lightly touching on tribal fighting—anymore focus would have detracted from main story
3) Kevwe’s consistent pursuit. It was clear that he loved Efe and that never waivered
What I did not liked:
1) The back and forth from the past to the present. It ruined the fluidity of the story for me
2) This story is so basic…lacking creativity as the plot is just so common. There just wasn't any real meat on the bone.
3) Certain things were not believable. The "issue" was so obvious that I thought the couple must not be that bright.
Overall, it was a decent read. The flow of the story kept it from being a 4-star.
**I received a copy of this book through LibraryThing Member giveaway
This title of this story basically summarizes what happened. A young college student named Toritsefe Sagay (Efe) met and fell in love with a fellow student named Kevwe Mukoro. They were torn apart for over 7yrs, but a chance business meeting between Kevwe’s twin broter Ofure and Efe paved the way for the former lovers to confront each other. Instead of getting closure, Efe and Kevwe discovered that their feelings had not changed. They had to make a choice of whether to let the past rest or find out what went wrong and fix it.
What I liked:
1) The use of naija slang brought back lots of memories
2) Lightly touching on tribal fighting—anymore focus would have detracted from main story
3) Kevwe’s consistent pursuit. It was clear that he loved Efe and that never waivered
What I did not liked:
1) The back and forth from the past to the present. It ruined the fluidity of the story for me
2) This story is so basic…lacking creativity as the plot is just so common. There just wasn't any real meat on the bone.
3) Certain things were not believable. The "issue" was so obvious that I thought the couple must not be that bright.
Overall, it was a decent read. The flow of the story kept it from being a 4-star.
**I received a copy of this book through LibraryThing Member giveaway
kriziaannacastro's review against another edition
2.0
I did not really like it. The Nigerian history was really interesting though but not really dwelled on. I did not understand the political aspect of the book but would like to learn about it more. Maybe if you have Nigerian background, this will be much appreciated.
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