A review by emma6544
The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest by Aminatta Forna

3.5

 I struggled to decide on what I was going to rate this book as I really enjoyed the writing style as I have already read two books of her books (The Hired Man and Happiness) and the history of Sirrea Leone is really interesting as I didn't have any knowledge of the country's history before reading and I find that it is important to learn about different countries histories.

However it did take me a while to get into the memior/biography at the start and then it improves at the middle but I found that as I moved onto book two it felt quite long as you follow Aminatta as she is researching the case involving her father 20+ years later. 
 

personally, i would have preferred a written account of what happened when her father and his associates got arrested and what made her decide to have the courage to investigate instead of continuing living her life as she has done before