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We honestly do not know how far we can go, till we are hit with extreme situations that we cannot control and are seemingly unresolvable.

This is one of the lessons I picked from reading – I Do Not Come To You By Chance.

This book’s title gave me the vibe of a love story but again, we do not judge a book by its title 😂 not just the cover.

The central focus of the book revolves around a family and how their characters evolve individually and collectively and how their relations with other characters.

My favourite character from the book is Kingsley. I loved his strength of character and honestly do not judge him for what he had to do.

The story moves from him being an academic genius with educated parents that believe in the opportunities education affords.

Alas, he is hit with unemployment, loses the love of his life to money and has to decide for himself what his fate would be.

I wouldn’t in the worst chance do “yahoo yahoo” but I feel like he was in a fix and needed to play his role as the Opara (the first male child of an Igbo family). The option was served to him on a platter and honestly, this is why Association is important. Those who are around you can determine your next big break.

I at some point felt like his mum wasn’t a lot kind to him, but mothers will always be mothers.

It was cool that she didn’t give the usual African mother vibe of “just bring the money, I don’t care the source” but she definitely should have been a lot more “home” for Kingsley than she portrayed in the story. This would have made for a lot of vulnerability and probably, she could have helped him totally leave fraud.

The portrayal of her not totally living off the image of her husband’s personality was a lot for me though.
Will you please be present for your son and let your husband rest in peace?

I loved the love story that ensued between both (King’s parents) parties however, but I feel there is a thin line in trying to help someone be the best of themselves and trying to reflect the personality of their father on them.

I also liked the fact that Kingsley looked out for everyone around him. He made sure his siblings were in school and definitely weren’t headed in his direction to making money. The relatives around him weren’t also excluded.

The story had the most unpredictable endings. Everybody needs money even if we wouldn’t agree we all like money.

Who exactly doesn’t like free money? Small work, huge pay is on a lot of people’s lips😁. This isn’t a bad thing definitely, but when you are exposed to a wrong way of making quick free money, no matter how many legitimate sources one gets, it might be difficult to withdraw.

Don’t do fraud, there’s dignity in making legal pay. Trust God and work smart; most importantly, pray Nigeria doesn’t happen to you.


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