There is a lot to be written and said about the literature and art work in general produced during the lockdown. Although it took me a bit of time to find out those right brilliant works created under the pressure of the pandemic, little by little, the hidden creative gems are revealing themselves.
My latest pleasant reading created during lockdown is The Three of Us by British-Nigerian author Ore Agbaje-Williams.
Witty, dark, humorous, hilarious. The Three of Us is the story of three characters, out of which two love to hate each other. A husband, a wife and her best friend, Temi. A best friend who is sure that the husband is not her best choice. A husband that would do everything possible to get the Temi out of her wife´story. Caught between love and loyalty, the wife herself may play the Switzerland, but does not want to push any of them out of her life.
Although some episodes are extreme, the story is highly relatable and I had at least once such encounter myself, with a good girl friend that deeply hated the man I was with at a time, feeling myself sandwitched between two different set of loyalties. Thus, my loyalties are completely with the wife. #Teamwife
Each of the two characters are assigned a chapter and their own voices, with Temi the last to be given the chance to explain herself. It is not necessarily a missed opportunity, but sometimes I felt that I would have love to just follow a story in its unfolding dynamics, with interactions and stories happening then and there, instead of us being told about them.
On the other hand, this 3-part vision made me think the book can be nicely turned into a theatre play, but also into a movie in, why not, three episodes. Hope someone will really have such an idea.
Rating: 4 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the blog tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
Thanks for the blog tour support x
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