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A review by yossikhe
Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
2.0
In Dust, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor manages to paint an intense picture of grief. All the characters in the novel, experience the loss of Odidi one way or another, but always intense and emotion heavy. In the process, the author gets to show us the political and social context of Kenya.
Anyway, this isn't my style of book: overtly descriptive, with metaphors in almost every paragraph and that switches back and forth between present and past in a single sentence. Reading it, I felt like when I was reading [b:Paradiso|460006|Paradiso|José Lezama Lima|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1463852136l/460006._SX50_.jpg|448478], I lose my patience midway through a sentence and want to know what's going on. I've got nothing against this book, but it was a reminder that I shouldn't insist on reading poetic-prose novels, I just don't like them.
Anyway, this isn't my style of book: overtly descriptive, with metaphors in almost every paragraph and that switches back and forth between present and past in a single sentence. Reading it, I felt like when I was reading [b:Paradiso|460006|Paradiso|José Lezama Lima|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1463852136l/460006._SX50_.jpg|448478], I lose my patience midway through a sentence and want to know what's going on. I've got nothing against this book, but it was a reminder that I shouldn't insist on reading poetic-prose novels, I just don't like them.