If you are looking for a good quick read that dishes out unique and funny insights, then I would absolutely have to recommend Chidera Eggerue’s [b:What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough|38744579|What a Time to Be Alone The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough|Chidera Eggerue|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1525441515l/38744579._SY75_.jpg|60333776].

Admittedly, I ended up picking this book out when I heard about how Florence Given had plagiarized this material with her own book [b:Women Don't Owe You Pretty|52252715|Women Don't Owe You Pretty|Florence Given|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1589047386l/52252715._SY75_.jpg|73539314], which incidentally is an actual line from What a Time to Be Alone. Everything from the content to the layout look like outright copies. Given had admitted publicly that she was “inspired” by Eggerue’s work, but having delved into the details it would seem that it was more than mere inspiration. I think we all know what it’s like to have someone unfairly take credit for your own hard work, so to see it done to someone so young and early on in their career is truly unacceptable.

So, on the content of the book itself, it was surprisingly entertaining and insightful. I’ll admit, given the editorial layout I would have assumed this was a breezy coffee table read, but Eggerue interweaves her own hard-earned life lessons with Nigerian anecdotes from her family. I myself am second generation American, so this blending of two traditions just rang as so true, and refreshing coming from her place of biting humor. It read like the kind of thing me and my friends would dish over drinks back when we were in our 20s, so strangely enough it also invoked all kinds of nostalgia for me (I suspect I may be in the minority here).

So overall, I quite enjoyed this book. It’s a great read, and I highly recommend it.