A review by lachelnreadingbookss
Lagoon, by Nnedi Okorafor
3.0
I got lost while reading this book
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The beginning of this book caught me. Actually it was the book cover that attracted me.
The story follows Adaora, a marine biologist who finds an alien after a massive tsunami event that happened at the Lagos bar beach
I really tried to follow up on the plot of the story but I felt lost. From trying to discover where the alien-Ayodele- came from. And how she could take the form of anyone she decided to take.
This review is not making a lot of sense because that was how reading this book felt.
I think the book spoke about the religious parts of false pastors that tried extorting their members, it also brought light to the realities of LGBTQ community in Lagos as well as the corruption of the government and marital issues.
As usual Nnedi Okorafor's writing is beautiful and soothing. I think that's why I kept going to see the end- which sort of disappointed me.
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The beginning of this book caught me. Actually it was the book cover that attracted me.
The story follows Adaora, a marine biologist who finds an alien after a massive tsunami event that happened at the Lagos bar beach
I really tried to follow up on the plot of the story but I felt lost. From trying to discover where the alien-Ayodele- came from. And how she could take the form of anyone she decided to take.
This review is not making a lot of sense because that was how reading this book felt.
I think the book spoke about the religious parts of false pastors that tried extorting their members, it also brought light to the realities of LGBTQ community in Lagos as well as the corruption of the government and marital issues.
As usual Nnedi Okorafor's writing is beautiful and soothing. I think that's why I kept going to see the end- which sort of disappointed me.