Book Review: The Manual for Good Wives
- Amazing Grace L. Danso
- Mar 30
- 2 min read
Book Review: the Manual for Good Wives
Author: Lola Jaye 🇳🇬🇬🇧
Type of work (Genre): period novel
Number of pages: 376
Own or Borrowed: own, purchased online through Kindle
Overall Impressions: enjoyed reading this period peace. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the title, cover, and prologue of the book. However, I was pleased in the end that I gave it a chance. It’s a really great read that takes us on a journey across two continents in the Victorian era. I loved the original feel to the story albeit it feeling a bit stretched in terms of historical accuracy. There were subtle yet clever things Jaye did with this piece of literature that made me quite happy to catch. Some parts felt predictable yet very innovative in how they were executed. Other parts had me wishing for sharper execution but overall, I was quite happy with the resolution and outcomes of the story. She did something difficult in meshing two different eras together to tell one cohesive story and did that quite well. I sometimes found myself wishing the story focused only on the protagonist Temi but I also understand why it didn’t.
Something that stood out: the excerpts from the manual for good wives publication that was captured at the beginning of almost every chapter. It gave needed context to the story and it was quite clever how Jaye showed us the change in authorship over time even as we read about the stories of the main characters and their connection to the blurbs.
Overall Rating: 🖋🖋🖋🖋 (out of 5 fountain pens).
Recommend or nah: I absolutely recommend it! A really lovely read overall.
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