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A review by charlietuna92
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
3.0
3.5 stars.
I’m somewhat divided on this book. Although I found the overall plot interesting, I had a hard time getting invested in it. I loved the setting, the mythology, and the world building in this novel. However, I did find the narrator’s speech to be difficult at times to follow (this is due to dialect and colloquial phrases, which get easier to follow over time, but is initially a barrier) and the time jumps between the narrator speaking to the inquisitor and the actual story were sometimes a bit confusing as they aren’t defined or pointed out, just kind of there. It was an interesting story and I liked the end. I know this is supposed to be book one in a trilogy, but I don’t really know what else the trilogy could entail with the way the characters were left in the story. It felt very final. Maybe it will deal with other characters or locations in the world.
I’m somewhat divided on this book. Although I found the overall plot interesting, I had a hard time getting invested in it. I loved the setting, the mythology, and the world building in this novel. However, I did find the narrator’s speech to be difficult at times to follow (this is due to dialect and colloquial phrases, which get easier to follow over time, but is initially a barrier) and the time jumps between the narrator speaking to the inquisitor and the actual story were sometimes a bit confusing as they aren’t defined or pointed out, just kind of there. It was an interesting story and I liked the end. I know this is supposed to be book one in a trilogy, but I don’t really know what else the trilogy could entail with the way the characters were left in the story. It felt very final. Maybe it will deal with other characters or locations in the world.