#Wahala

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Wahala - Afro Express (Asalam Aleikum, 1976)

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Little Book Review: Wahala

Author: Nikki May.

Publication Date: 2022.

Genre: Realistic fiction.

Premise: All well-heeled Anglo-Nigerian women living in London, Ronke, Simi, and Boo have been best friends since university. They each have their problems--Ronke is looking for love in all the wrong places, Simi is anxious about her career and the prospect of motherhood, and Boo feels restless with her husband and child--but they're doing pretty well until Simi's childhood friend Isobel arrives on the scene. Glamorous, charismatic, and the only child of a staggeringly wealthy man, Isobel sows chaos wherever she goes. Can these three friends survive her reign of glitzy terror?

Thoughts: There is a very specific kind of story that I love, which I'll call "Three Women, One Chaotic Bitch Friend." I only know three examples--this book, Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride, and the 1949 movie A Letter to Three Wives--but it's so special to me. In short, it's a story where there are three women who are friends. Each woman is successful in some areas of her life, but struggling in others, like most people. Then comes an exciting, beautiful woman who seems to have what each of the other three lack, or is otherwise able to exploit their deepest insecurities. I love this plot partly for the same reasons I love stuff like Stephen King's It; an entity dedicated to fucking with each character's personal baggage is a very striking way to reveal character. Also, it is very annoying as a woman to be taunted with images of perfection that aren't actually real or achievable, but are treated as such. Wahala is a compelling example of this kind of story, at turns frothy, funny, and lurid. May's writing is at its strongest when illustrating how the seemingly minor resentments of the heroines' lives add fuel to Isobel's campaign of destruction; the big reveals about Isobel's involvement in all their histories are less involving, although still entertaining.

Hot Goodreads Take: "Who wants to read nearly 400 pages of women being awful to each other, culminating in a horrible ending where a psychopathic narcissist wins and there is no justice or karma?" Me!!!!

[libraryleopard]

Domestic thriller about three Nigerian British best friends living in London whose lives are disrupted when a glamorous third woman joins their group and brings to light simmering issues and a dark past

Biracial Nigerian/white main characters

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Start: 31-7-2023

Gek van Jou! ~ Jette Schröder

Crime and Punishment ~ Fyodor Dostoyevski

Wahala ~ Nikki May

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Paperback releases call for pretty new covers. Thank you, partner @marinerbooks @bibliolifestyle for the gifted copy. Wahala by Nikki May released on paperback 12/27 and this cover is gorgeous. QOTD: What book do you own both the hardcover and the paperback of? 📚 SYNOPSIS 📚 Ronke wants happily ever after and 2.2. kids. She’s dating Kayode and wants him to be “the one” (perfect, like her dead father). Her friends think he’s just another in a long line of dodgy Nigerian boyfriends. Boo has everything Ronke wants—a kind husband, gorgeous child. But she’s frustrated, unfulfilled, plagued by guilt, and desperate to remember who she used to be. Simi is the golden one with the perfect lifestyle. No one knows she’s crippled by impostor syndrome and tempted to pack it all in each time her boss mentions her “urban vibe.” Her husband thinks they’re trying for a baby. She’s not. When the high-flying, charismatic Isobel explodes into the group, it seems at first she’s bringing out the best in each woman. (She gets Simi an interview in Shanghai! Goes jogging with Boo!) But the more Isobel intervenes, the more chaos she sows, and Ronke, Simi, and Boo’s close friendship begins to crack. A sharp, modern take on friendship, ambition, culture, and betrayal, Wahala (trouble) is an unforgettable novel from a brilliant new voice. #wahala #nikkimay #bibliolifestyle #tbr #bookcommunity #bookstagram #bookphotos #bookstagrammers #books #bookish #paperbacks #igreads #amreading #reading #20booksbyblackwomen #friendship #bookworm #readersofinstagram #Blackauthors #Blackwomen #fiction (at Middle Village) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmz08KzLmBK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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i ended up just taking it to go and giving it to my mom but imma get my bottomless pasta one of these days TRUSTT🤞🏿

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