A review by olamroczek
Everything Is Not Enough by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

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

3.0

I didn’t read the first part of this series but I had no problem jumping in the story and understanding what was going on.

The book tells the story of three Black women living in Sweden and struggling with racism, their own bad decisions and other various life problems. 

I found this book quite captivating with the plot but I didn’t particularly enjoy the structure of the book. I felt like it was flat and lacking some points of surprise before the last 50 pages or so.

I liked the characters, they felt like real people when making mistakes and dealing with their problems but I would have enjoyed it more if the characters were generally more dimensional. However, having not read the first book in the series, it might be the reason why I felt the characters were lacking some character outside of the plot as I haven’t met them in the first book.

Overall, I enjoyed the book in some aspects but I would have liked it more had the structure of the plot been more gripping.

Thank you NetGalley and Head of Zeus for a digital ARC copy in exchange for my honest review.
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