Many Waters - Subpar at best (Book Review)

For readers who are familiar with the world of literature, and have actually been in a book slump before, how is it possible that you actually find a book interesting but yet so tiring that it pushes you towards falling into a slump?I'm saying this because I'm not completely in it but I'm falling into a slump while reading this book I'm enjoying reading and it feels so somehow. Like why exactly should this book put me in a slump?

I'm really glad I've read quite a number of amazing books this year and one of them, is what I'm reviewing in this post. Let's do that now, and talk about my slump later.

I've once mentioned that I love christian romances so much. They're so beautiful, therapeutic and everything cute there is. But then, I found the Nigerian christian romance genre and I fell in love. A genre relating to me as a Nigerian. A genre I find solace and identity in. Rosemary Okafor was the first author in the genre, I read and her book was a masterpiece. So, when I came across Many Waters by Rosemary Okafor, my favourite Nigerian christian romance author, I locked in and read it in one sitting.

Elizabeth is a young lady who has lost all hope in love after three failed relationships. Ebube is a soldier with a troubled past. They meet in church and Ebube tries to talk Elizabeth into having dinner with him but her experiences with men in the past tries to pose a hindrance. Eventually, she agrees but the dinner doesn't hold as planned due to Ebube's loyalty to his country, as a soldier. Although this was enough to break them apart, their attraction to each other proves stronger. But with his soldier duties, and Elizabeth's past experiences, will an actual relationship work out between them, without leaving room for doubt?

The storyline of this book was really intriguing and since it had a medium pacing, I found it very easy to follow. Enjoyable too. I'm a sucker for the romance genre and the romance in this book was swoon worthy. I loved it.

There were quite a number of things that were dissatisfying. The female main character for example. She was quite slow and as a result, situations that could have been avoided, had she acted smarter, occured. Same goes for the ending and the reveal of who the villain was. I paused for a while to make sense of what happened there. The author probably did not want to go through the stress of introducing a new character, and giving a befitting backstory, that she just went ahead with an unfit replacement. The reveal brought to the fore, how unfit for the role the female character was and I was unsatisfied.

Aside these things, I enjoyed this book and worthy of commendation, is the author's attempt at exploring dark themes. It was commendable but I would rather stick to her christian romance books rather than these.

I'll rate this book a 6/10. As frustrating as the female character appeared, it was enjoyable too. So, even though I won't completely recommend, I'll recommend because yeah, I had a good time.

About my book slump, I might just head on to another book that is way intriguing and see if it pulls me out.

Thanks for reading

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