Reviews

Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

sayna_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

erinj254's review against another edition

5.0

Stunning. Will there be a day when stories of grief don’t speak to me? Maybe, maybe not. This book is so raw and yet I found myself also laughing out loud. It moved me to tears numerous times. Well done. So glad I chose it as my BOTM or I probably never would have picked it up.

anotherday_gone's review against another edition

sad

5.0

intastic's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

cheddar18's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

staylorreads's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Suicide

jaybird0094's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

lyza_reads's review against another edition

2.0

I had really high hopes for this book, but was left with absolutely none by 50%. The book was so hard to get into at first, the beginning chapters just dragged on and I couldn’t really get a sense of the actual story. By the middle of the book, I absolutely hated the character. Her countless efforts to STAY wallowing in grief and not accept the help and advice from her family and friends was just not it for me. She came to be unbelievably ungrateful of all the efforts her family made to see that she wasn’t alone in her grief, angering me even further. Also, as an eldest sibling who also does what she can to protect her younger sibling, I hated how she treated her older sister, Gloria. I was absolutely heartbroken for the sister that tried everything in her power to rid her grief-stricken sibling of stresses/problems. And the ending of the book honestly feels so thrown together - the entire book felt like it was leading towards the moment she finally met with her MIL & the result was just trash.

I understand, and yet do not fully understand, that grief is messy. I know you cannot expect any person to magically be remedied in a certain amount of time. But the fact that this character realized how bad she had gotten, and did nothing to help herself was honestly the end of this book for me. Her family helped and provided countless resources for her, yet she found aggravating excuses to evade each and every one of them. This wasn’t the book for me.

millerryan97's review against another edition

3.0

3.5

carinab's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0