Onyi Nwabineli's debut novel Someday, Maybe was incredibly powerful, so I was eager to read her next book. When I needed an audiobook to keep me company while I toiled away on a huge spreadsheet project at work, my Libby hold for Allow Me to Introduce Myself became available at the perfect time. I listened to this 10-hour audiobook, expertly narrated by Nneke Okoye, in a single day, highly unusual for me.
This plot explores the ramification of parents exploiting their young children on social media. Anuri's entire childhood was broadcast to the world via her stepmother's blog and social media accounts. Now 25, she wants all of her information removed from public view, and she's determined to save her young stepsister from being forced down the same path.
As with her debut, this plot includes characters on a grief journey, and it examines relationships among parents and children, close friends, and romantic partners.
While I'm glad I read this, I didn't connect with it as strongly as with Someday, Maybe. It was sometimes challenging to track the large cast of characters and abrupt changes in setting. I probably would've stopped reading if I hadn't been listening on audio in my unique circumstances.
It was interesting to listen to this soon after reading You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto. They're very different stories, but both are based on the dark side of social media influencers.
This plot explores the ramification of parents exploiting their young children on social media. Anuri's entire childhood was broadcast to the world via her stepmother's blog and social media accounts. Now 25, she wants all of her information removed from public view, and she's determined to save her young stepsister from being forced down the same path.
As with her debut, this plot includes characters on a grief journey, and it examines relationships among parents and children, close friends, and romantic partners.
While I'm glad I read this, I didn't connect with it as strongly as with Someday, Maybe. It was sometimes challenging to track the large cast of characters and abrupt changes in setting. I probably would've stopped reading if I hadn't been listening on audio in my unique circumstances.
It was interesting to listen to this soon after reading You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto. They're very different stories, but both are based on the dark side of social media influencers.
