Lagoon - Rambling Readers

Paperback

English language

Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.

ISBN:: 978-1-4447-6275-4
OCLC Number:: 869786976

(1 review)

When a massive object crashes into the ocean off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous and legendary city, three people wandering along Bar Beach (Adaora, the marine biologist- Anthony, the rapper famous throughout Africa- Agu, the troubled soldier) find themselves running a race against time to save the country they love and the world itself… from itself.

Told from multiple points of view and crisscrossing narratives, combining everything from superhero comics to Nigerian mythology to tie together a story about a city consuming itself.

‘There was no time to flee. No time to turn. No time to shriek. And there was no pain. It was like being thrown into the stars.’

1 edition

Will reviewed Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

So much potential

2 stars

Content warning Whole book spoilers

This book starts out great. I loved the style of writing and the setup. A lot of wonderful characters and all of their side plots are introduced. Things keep going for a while. And then side plots just stop. Some of the minor characters are written out, but most just aren't talked about anymore. The book wanders a bit more and then pretty much just ends with little resolution to anything.

I'm not someone who feels that all plot points of a novel must be neatly resolved and tied up into a nice package with a bow, but this was just so abrupt. One of the members of the online book club I was reading with commented while she was only partially through that she couldn't see how all the plot lines would tie together get be resolved. Unfortunately, they don't.