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A review by kimbapawpad
The Kishi by Antoine Bandele
4.0
An original idea which is hard to find these days! I love the African mythology, I loved the setting that was very different than most fantasy. And I can really see the potential. However, the building up of the characters I think needs to be a little more consistent and at times the writing seemed really blunt. And that confused me. I am not so worried about the occasional typos I write as well and typos creep in no matter how often something is proofread.
I was initially going to rate this as three stars but I realize that I keep thinking about it. And to me that is a sign of a good book if I keep going over it in my mind to try and understand things better. There was also bits of profundity in it, the emphasis on balance and the need for both good and bad. I really enjoyed that. I think I will get the sequel as well, I am just curious to see what happens the way I think I will read another book in between just to give it a little bit of a break. It was actually quite intense.
I was initially going to rate this as three stars but I realize that I keep thinking about it. And to me that is a sign of a good book if I keep going over it in my mind to try and understand things better. There was also bits of profundity in it, the emphasis on balance and the need for both good and bad. I really enjoyed that. I think I will get the sequel as well, I am just curious to see what happens the way I think I will read another book in between just to give it a little bit of a break. It was actually quite intense.