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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Since reading her debut, Namwali has always struck me as that kind of writer who is interested in experimenting with innovative writing styles and this book has solidified that belief.
In this one, she explores grief with particular focus on how it affects families, memory and self development, through two characters C and Wayne who end up finding love in the strangest of circumstances. The writing is so lyrical, it’s almost poetic. It’s also very disorienting like nothing I have ever read before, because even though a lot is happening, and we experience it in real time through the characters, yet we can’t say for sure what is actually happening. Tbh, this is the only reason, I didn’t rate it 4 stars or more, because the writing is so good.
I enjoyed reading the 65% of the book that I understood and may have to reread sometime to see if I can figure out what the rest was about. So overall, it was an interesting read. However, I’m fairly certain that if I had read it in print, I would have done so at a much slower pace than I did with the audiobook.
In this one, she explores grief with particular focus on how it affects families, memory and self development, through two characters C and Wayne who end up finding love in the strangest of circumstances. The writing is so lyrical, it’s almost poetic. It’s also very disorienting like nothing I have ever read before, because even though a lot is happening, and we experience it in real time through the characters, yet we can’t say for sure what is actually happening. Tbh, this is the only reason, I didn’t rate it 4 stars or more, because the writing is so good.
I enjoyed reading the 65% of the book that I understood and may have to reread sometime to see if I can figure out what the rest was about. So overall, it was an interesting read. However, I’m fairly certain that if I had read it in print, I would have done so at a much slower pace than I did with the audiobook.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Death, Grief, Car accident, and Self harm
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