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Lightseekers by Femi Kayode
4.0
challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book is a gripping, medium-paced thriller. I found the main topic super interesting (mob mentality murders), and the characters were very well fleshed-out. I’m now inspired to do some digging into the true crime that inspired this story. The one thing that was tough for me as a reader was the ending -
there were so many plot lines that the ending where they were woven together felt rushed, and it seemed that the main character was satisfied even though he didn’t get a real answer to the “why”/ the psychological questions he was asking.