A Visceral Tale of Grief.
Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli
TW: Suicide
In Someday, Maybe, grief is a thing. A monster that sits on your chest and won’t let you breathe.
Eve’s husband, Quentin (Q), takes his own life. She didn’t see it coming and comes unmoored. She lives in London, as does her large British-Nigerian family that surrounds her with love and support. Her circle of friends does too.
Q was from a wealthy, influential family. His mother is accustomed to having things her way. She wants to control him in death as she did in life. She blames Eve for his death and is relentless in her need to punish her. She is equal parts petty and powerful.
Eve is pounded by waves of grief and loss. Reading along, you wonder if she will come out on the other side before the book ends.
My only quarrel with the book is that Q’s mother was so irredeemably evil that she didn’t seem like a real person. It wasn’t enough of an issue to drop the rating.
Definitely a read that sticks with you, and I recommend.
I received this Advanced Reader Copy of Someday, Maybe from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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“If you are someone who gravitates toward emotional gut punch reads, allow me to introduce you to this spectacular debut…”—BuzzFeed
Here are three things you should know about my husband:
He was the great love of my life despite his penchant for going incommunicado.
He was, as far as I and everyone else could tell, perfectly happy. Which is significant because…
On New Year’s Eve, he died.
And here is one thing you should know about me:
I found him.
Bonus fact: No. I am not okay.
Someday, Maybe is a stunning, witty debut novel about a young woman’s emotional journey through unimaginable loss, pulled along by her tight-knit Nigerian family, a posse of friends, and the love and laughter she shared with her husband.
“Incisive and witty. I couldn’t put it down.”—Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström, internationally bestselling author of In Every Mirror She’s Black
“A masterfully woven exposition on love and loss. Nwabineli is magic with words.”—Bolu Babalola, internationally bestselling author of Honey and Spice
