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March 8, 2024literary lens

Ace of Spades - a review

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Chenille Awele Agulu

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A picture a video, much more to what the whole world can see. What really can you do when your whole life seems to crumble right before your very eyes? The ultimate status you worked tirelessly for crumbles at your feet. You need answers quick and immediately. Who out there deems it fit for your destruction? A better question who out there on this green earth knows so much about you? Every little bit of crippling information; they might’ve as well documented your every move. The first time you tried to shrug it off, aimless gossip that’s all it could ever be. But this person proved to you that they had all the dirt, loamy, sandy and clay that could break you and bring you to your lowest. Your future triturates to fine dust you can almost tangibly hold, watching it as it slides through your fingers. Your mind races constantly. You’ve won all these fancy awards, medals upon medals decorate the shelf but yet not one of them can yield the solutions to your problems or the comfort you yearn for. What really can you do when the whole world seems to be against you?

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A picture a video, something the whole world can never see. Precious words and dangerous deals. It’s impossible to recall who takes note, who perceives where your thirst to make it out there really originates from. For the most of your life you’ve tried to blend in. It seemed to be no use to interact with the people you saw every day, head held high, noses stuffed in daddy’s money. Your backgrounds, mentality and every little thing about you appeared to be such a huge contrast. But then it began and your mouth could just not leave the mouths of each individual you turned to. You had no enemies, no one that could possibly want out for you or so you thought. Here you are faced with sacred truths you thought would never get out. Truths that could taint your future and turn your life upside down. Look around, who really cares about you, really knows you? What really can you do when the whole world seems to be against you?

Faridah Abike-Iyimide’s ‘Ace of Spades’ is truly a must-read. Equipped with page turning mystery and a unique style of writing, no one can resist finding out the hidden skeletons in the cupboard.