A review by aruarian_melody
Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie

Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.

Loved the concept and the first paragraph really pulled me in. But the writing style ended up really not working for me and I dnf'd this one. I had no idea how old the characters were - we jumped from childhood playing with dolls to taking an exam for college and the voice of the narrator stayed the same. Overall it was too much "tell don't show" and therefore it remained surface level when I wanted to dive into these characters and their (promised) complicated relationship. Instead we get a reunion after years apart described in a handful of pages - with a direct description of how they changed with one-sentence examples for this change of behaviour... Just show me 2-3 moments and let me figure it out myself... I'm already feeling incredibly distant from the story and its characters and don't want to slide back into a reading slump.