A review by sariandtherevolution
The Seers by Sulaiman Addonia

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

London, how freeing and confusing you are. // Hannah has time, so much of it. Time to lose herself and rediscover, reinvent and reimagine herself: “In London, and in those early weeks, I owned nothing except time, so much that I believed the Home Office was giving me time in bucketloads to drown me in it” (p.5). The body and pleasure play a central role in this book; both because it is all Hannah says she has and because they are instruments she uses to define and redefine herself: “we’re not in Europe on a quest to find alternatives to our countries lying in ruins but to construct our own in the island of our lust” (pp. 130-131). This novel explores themes of grief, war, colonialism, migration and (gender, ethnic and sexual) identities in a very beautiful, creative and poetic manner.