A review by judesbookcorner
Houseboy by Ferdinand Oyono

3.0

Overall I thought this was very well written and that the development of Toundi as he grows older. The style of writing changes in parallel with his life which I thought was really clever. I think the book lacked character development but that was not the point of the novella. I gave this three stars because enjoyment is the most important thing when reading and I wasn't gripped on the story. I had to read this for one of my modules for uni and it was definitely good at fulfilling the purpose of detailing the Colonial household. I wouldn't read it again, but for such a short book I thought it gave a good insight into the colonial household.