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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Really great collection of short stories. Much like other collections, there were some stories that I absolutely loved and others that left something to he desired, but ‘Pemi Aguda does such an incredible job with narration I just kept reading and reading
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
reflective
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Read this one with my short story buddy reader Nadia, and we both really enjoyed it and found it to be a solid collection!
I wanted a little more from some stories, such as The Dusk Market, Bird Woman and the Masquerades. But others were perfect little nuggets of short story excellence. The Hollow, where a house takes justice for its inhabitants into its own hands (walls?); Girlie, where a house girl gets more than she bargained for at the market; Contributions, where a money-lending circle has to get serious when one of its members refuses to pay up.
The writing was always engaging, the concept so creative and mysterious, just great vibes which is what I always want from a short story collection!
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A terrific collection of stories, mostly about the complicated relationships between parents and children set in Lagos, Nigeria. Despite sharing a setting (which I've found to be repetitive in other collections) Aguda has such a diverse cast of characters in age and economic background, which makes each new story feel fresh, something that the variety of tenses between stories also helps. "Ghostroots" I was surprised to find was not the title of any of the stories in the collection, but is a very apt title, some stories containing a slight sepculative edge, while others were marinated with a haunting dread. Aguda is masterful with her tone, never getting outright horrific, but balancing an edge of melancholy, anger, and disquiet. "The Hollow" was my favorite of the collection.
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No