A review by elainarkk
Butterfly Fish by Irenosen Okojie

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book is so confusing in such a good way. Okojie's prose is beautiful! I mean, drop dead gorgeous! Her reckoning with a modern London and historical Benin is brilliant, and her expert weaving of magical realism into the story is so well done. A startling, sad, frightening, humorous, and tumultuous tale--certainly an epic in its own right. 
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