Allow Me To Introduce Myself by Onyi Nwabineli
Told from multiple points of view, the book centres on themes such as child influencing, family, friendship, grief, suicide ideation and mental health among others.
After reading Someday, Maybe by the author this year, I was very quick to jump into her second book. Allow Me To Introduce Myself focuses on the risk associated with using children as influencers. Since she was a baby, Anuri’s life has been shared on social media. Anuri, who is twenty-five, wants to reclaim the power and prevent her stepmother from using her sister as the face and name of brands.
Nwabineli chose to write about a very significant topic in an era where social media and influencing are the newest big thing.
The book’s opening pages are scattered throughout, and as a reader, I initially had trouble following the plot. I raced through the pages as soon as the story started to make sense to me.
Told from multiple points of view, the book centres on themes such as child influencing, family, friendship, grief, suicide ideation and mental health among others.
Anuri is such a wonderful character. It is impossible not to cheer for Anuri.
The part about Anuri’s chosen family; her friends, her therapist and her lawyer were the parts I enjoyed the most. The friendship brought me so much happiness. I also absolutely loved Anuri’s aunt and her grandparents.
You know what irritated me? That Anuri’s father chose to observe and act as a spectator in his children’s lives.
