A review by m_anabel
Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou

adventurous fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

The episodic structure made it difficult for me to connect with any of the characters. Each supporting character got a long background story, but I immediately forgot who they were a few pages later because they felt unimportant. To be fair, I read this book very quickly, but I didn't learn anything from it. I don't know what the takeaways are or what the purpose of reading this was. Also, I have no idea why Mari said that the second half would be funny. I barely felt any emotions while reading, but the strongest one would probably be disgust because of the guy who worked at the morgue and the whole cat story. The best part of this book is the cover.