A review by bookmaniac_60
The House of Shells by Efua Traoré

adventurous informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

QUOTE
"In vain your bangles cast
Charmed circles at my feet
I am Abiku, calling for the first
And the repeated time."

𝕀 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕟'𝕥 𝕡𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕤 𝕀 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕒 𝕞𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕪 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒 𝕐𝕠𝕣𝕦𝕓𝕒 𝔻𝕖𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝔸𝕓𝕚𝕜𝕦. 

"Abiku refers to the spirits of children who die before reaching puberty; a child who dies before twelve years of age being called an Abiku, and the spirit, or spirits, who caused the death being also called Abiku.

𝕂𝕦𝕜𝕚 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕪, 𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕓𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕝. 𝕊𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕜𝕦 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕓𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕙 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡 𝕌𝕟𝕜𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥/ 𝕙𝕖𝕣, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕤 𝕂𝕦𝕜𝕚 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕗𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕥 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖, 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡, 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕪, 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖, 𝕗𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕪, 𝕞𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕪, 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕕𝕦𝕝𝕥.