Adanna Nkwachi is a seventeen year old Nigerian girl who has had her future planned out for herself for years. She will graduate highschool, attend law school and make a name for herself. Her life has always been about meeting the high expectations of her parents, especially after her brother abandoned the family and she was left to feel she had to be twice as good at everything.
But when she is given an art project assignment that brings her to a poetry slam her life changes. She finds her brother, who she hasn't seen in six years, on center stage performing and he's good. And with his help she writes her own poetry to perform and she discovers she may be good at other things. And she questions whether the future she has planned is truly the future she wants.
This book was rather slow. In fact I would likely have quit after the first twenty pages had I not been reviewing it. Although the author certainly writes with strong detail and you get a great feel for the characters it really lacks any excitement and drags on. I suspect those who enjoy family drama type books would enjoy this one as it is well written. But it's not for me. Unfortunately I can only give 2.5 stars.
But when she is given an art project assignment that brings her to a poetry slam her life changes. She finds her brother, who she hasn't seen in six years, on center stage performing and he's good. And with his help she writes her own poetry to perform and she discovers she may be good at other things. And she questions whether the future she has planned is truly the future she wants.
This book was rather slow. In fact I would likely have quit after the first twenty pages had I not been reviewing it. Although the author certainly writes with strong detail and you get a great feel for the characters it really lacks any excitement and drags on. I suspect those who enjoy family drama type books would enjoy this one as it is well written. But it's not for me. Unfortunately I can only give 2.5 stars.