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Some Kind of Black

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Crikey have that many people bought this book! How it will register to non-Londoners not quite sure. The slang is legit, so are the tunes. Solid writing carries it though it occasionally wanders. Wished some of the many potent scenes were extended and explored. Think of main character Dele as the kind of person you might meet in the street of a foreign city, strike up a relationship with and then be shown several interesting and new places, but without any real help from his part as to what to make of them. Catch it most of all for great snapshots of London life covering Brixton, local council rallies, and a few of choice varieties of denizen. Things nice to play and flavour any impressions when visiting or simply residing in the grand old city.

I read this book a few months ago and I found it average, not too good, not too bad. It's the story of a young black Nigerian-oriented student in London. I found Adebayo's narrative quite slang and way too informal. It's not a bad book, but there are definitely better coming-of-age novels than this one.

An under researched book that fails to capture a sense of Black London. Interesting writing style but the portrayed environment doesn't ring true.