Only Big BumBum Matters Tomorrow – A tale of Brazillian Butt Lifts, Judgemental Aunties and Family Secrets (Book Review)

I didn’t have anywhere or anything to go and to do. The holiday’s still on. I scrolled through my e-library and I came across the book Only Big BUMBUM Matters Tomorrow. This is a book I was particularly excited for its release sometime around last year due to my love for the author’s other works. Damilare Kuku has a peculiar writing style to her. Her writings are always a perfect blend of reality and humour and I love them. I was excited for its release but for some reason after its release, I didn’t get to reading it till last night. Maybe it was because of all the hype it received.

Should I read it or should I not? I asked myself. I finally settled on it and read it for 4hrs 30mins. Honestly, it isn’t my fault I read this book in a sitting. Blame the book for how good it was.

Dear members of the Hive Book Club Community, allow me to share with you my opinion on the book ‘ Only Big bumbum matters tomorrow’ by Damilare Kuku.

The 354 paged book consisting of 31chapters, set in the town of Ile-ife Nigeria, tells the story of Temi, a 20year old Nigerian who feels she isn’t being noticed by people because of the absence of an enlarged backside. When she is betrayed by her bestfriend who went ahead to get a butt lift without Temi’s knowledge, after they both planned to do it together after school, Temi vows that nothing is stopping her from restructuring her backside as soon as she’s done with school. What better way to break such news in an African home than during a family meeting? During a family meeting with the presence of other family memberns, Temi breaks the news to her family that she plans to go to Lagos, renovate her bumbum and hopefully, meet the love of her life. This decision is met with a series of attempts by each of the family members to thwart her plans. But Temi is determined to achieve her figure eight.

First of all, This book was written in the three different narratives. One character in second person narrative, Some in the first person and some others in the third person narrative. This is my first time reading a book in the second person narrative and it was so fun to read. I loved it. The first statement in the first chapter of this book was ‘Your bumbum has always been flat’. Seeing that alone as a reader should let you know that you are in for a treat.

Every African and even non-african that has experienced life in an African home, or in a very strict and religious household knows that tabling your decision to go under the knife and get some part of your body restructured is not something that will be accepted with open arms. But Temi’s determination was everything in this book.

Temi as a character was very fun to read about and I loved reading about her. She’s dramatic, witty, smart and very hilarious to read about. But believe me when I tell you that there are other characters way dramatic and funnier than Temi. Do you want to know more about them? Read the book.

This book centered on the issues of young people who are not comfortable in their skin and strive for perfection in all areas. While I don’t really look out for lessons in a book, I loved that this author emphasized that anything done to your body should be for yourself and yourself alone. It should be done because you as a human want it and not because others tell you they want you to look like that or because society presents the ideal human to look like that. Do it for your happiness. It was really nice of her to pass this message across using her book.

This was a really nice book and one of the books I’ve read that’s completely worth the hype and more.

So, dear reader, I present to you Only Big BumBum matters tomorrow. A completely hilarious depiction of the narrow belief by some humans that – a woman’s value is in the size of her buttocks.

I’ll rate this a 9.5/10. I loved it and everything it portrayed.

Thanks for reading.