A review by elizelizelizeliz
The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro

3.0

This book was really hard to imagine before i started reading it. Thematically, it kept making me think of the poem "We Were Happy During the War," which i think of often--how we just live and have regular love and struggles between our family and friends and community while things are really hard around us, in the world and in our lives. People die and we have crushes. Nightmares come true and we hang out with our friends. Battles rage around us and we listen to music. We write poems. We connect.

I appreciated reflecting on that and the book really brought it to life. Overall, though, the book was not my favorite. The pacing wasn't my favorite, and there were parts where i was unsatisfied. Some pros, some cons! Solid 3 stars!


This was a NetGalley ARC.