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A review by bookedupandbusy
Tomorrow Died Yesterday by Chimeka Garricks
5.0
‘’You cannot bring good by doing bad’’
Its 2004 Port Harcourt, Nigeria, at the height of the kidnap of oil workers in the Niger Delta, a kidnapping goes awry and four lives are reconnected.
Inspired by true stories and with themes of corruption and injustice, love and death, this is a well constructed plot. This is how you do character development. This is magnificent storytelling!!!!!!! The story is gripping from the first page to the very end.
The storytelling of these men from childhood to adulthood was remarkable. I most enjoyed the coming of age aspects of the novel. Each character has their own chapter and I think this is the first book where I actually loved all the characters, especially Doughboy, the rise and fall of his character was astounding. I empathised with his feelings of others disrespecting him and taking oil from his homeland (even though he went about it in the worst way possible).
There is a sweet and wonderful romance in the book between Kaniye and Deola which was a need! It was refreshing and joyful in comparison to the heavy chapters that dominated the story.
Four things I liked were:
1. How the author wrote female characters - I was impressed!
2. The nuanced language within the dialogue
Its 2004 Port Harcourt, Nigeria, at the height of the kidnap of oil workers in the Niger Delta, a kidnapping goes awry and four lives are reconnected.
Inspired by true stories and with themes of corruption and injustice, love and death, this is a well constructed plot. This is how you do character development. This is magnificent storytelling!!!!!!! The story is gripping from the first page to the very end.
The storytelling of these men from childhood to adulthood was remarkable. I most enjoyed the coming of age aspects of the novel. Each character has their own chapter and I think this is the first book where I actually loved all the characters, especially Doughboy, the rise and fall of his character was astounding. I empathised with his feelings of others disrespecting him and taking oil from his homeland (even though he went about it in the worst way possible).
There is a sweet and wonderful romance in the book between Kaniye and Deola which was a need! It was refreshing and joyful in comparison to the heavy chapters that dominated the story.
Four things I liked were:
1. How the author wrote female characters - I was impressed!
2. The nuanced language within the dialogue