BOOK REVIEW

TITLE: IN BETWEEN HER THIGHS (Chapters 1-15)

AUTHOR: OKOEMU OKOEMU OKOEMU

What a read! First fifteen chapters and it's like I've been to many years with the characters and back.
Although the story started with Garvin Idahosa lying in state, it goes further to describe the kind of person she is/was, her character; personality; ageless youthfulness; determination, strong spirit, courage; smartness and intelligence, and the ability to understand a person's potentials.

It was she who showed Nathaniel Ogbugwe that he was better off a movie producer than an actor.
'Star Maker' she called it. Why struggle fruitlessly to become a star when you can do better being a star maker?

Despite his resilience and determination at the onset of the story, Nathaniel would still have given up if we have accessed him too early, but for his wife Favour Ogbugwe standing by him, encouraging him.
Once Nathaniel gave it a shot, he got friends who gave him support, though as expected, he experienced setbacks, there was the hustles and struggles for acceptance and approval, but again saw that there is indeed power in power when Garvin Idahosa put a call to AGN chairman Benin...that one call was all Nathaniel needed.

There is Rev. Fr. Sylvester...a kind, caring free spirited priest who has no time for vain things. His guiding principle is that of Shakespeare,
"an hour too early is better than a second too late." But he's nowhere to be found for that day's mass from st. Catherine which he normally spends two hours, his parishioners are worried and scare, and at this point, the reader is thrown into suspense itching to know what happened now and what the clergyman's purpose would be in the story.

Garvin Idahosa had over the years of her career, through her hard works and determination, made her little town into a legendary place where the world would want to visit and feed their eyes and souls.
As it was in the show biz and in every other spheres where fame and money was involved, there were adversaries who disliked her or were jealous of her.

Despite all the accolades the writer gives to Garvin Idahosa, he constantly reminds us that Garvin is just human like us all and there were her sins that could have her restlessness, yet the writer hasn't come out clear what it was.

Out there in the show biz, many glamours and beauties we see are fake. All lies, fame seeking folks living a lie out there, just to belong, to feel some sort of relevance. Many who came into Nollywood did so out of desperation, because they
were so hungry for fame. It was only after getting the fame that they
got to know that fame did not pay bills, money did.
There is an Instagram celeb that goes by the name, Rikky Great, he became most popular following his controversies, involving an affair with Corper Rosemary Ibiam who was his teacher in secondary school.
As a crossdresser, he fueled his popularity and made money and millions of fans by nurturing his transgender lifestyle leaving jobless fans to be his judges.
Yet Ricky had a wife and 3 kids somewhere.

In this book, you get to meet characters like Wale; George Rollas; Hikay Ikhuoyemen, and many more.
The corruption and scandals in the show biz would be revealed to you.
I won't skip a Ray Samad who had sexual affairs with the wife of the VP of the federation for more money and connections to step higher in his career.

There is Journalist Perry Aye; a rare character who would rather go for the truth than the currencies. What people like him wouldn't accept was that corruption was the new normal and honesty doesn't pay much these days.


Garvin Idahosa knew and proved that in the entertainment industry, especially in Nollywood, no one was irreplaceable. She saw that there was no best actor, and that anyone seen as best at the moment was best
because the best had yet to come. She saw also that the best when he
came wouldn't still be the best.

The first chapter would only foo.l you if you yearn to read a small book.
IN BETWEEN HER THIGHS is bulky, full of suspense, well written, plots well structured, and Okoemu Okoemu is a writer indeed, this is magnumopus!
You can get a copy of this great and timely novel from the Author today, at a very affordable rate. Everyone deserve to read a good book, at least once in a life time.

©Ehimen Iyere
13-02-2023

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