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A review by balthazarlawson
The Honey Guide by Richard Crompton
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Mollel is a Massai and is a policeman working in Nairobi, not that he is very welcome. It's more of a case of tolerated because of his notoriety following the bombing of the US embassy. He's honest and believes in justice but in a police force where they are very short on these commodities, he's not popular.
When a Massai woman is found dead in a drain in a central Nairobi park Mollel is assigned the task of investigating for no other reason then someone had to do it and it got him out of everyone's hair. The problem for everyone is that it's just before Christmas, not that that is a big think in Kenya, and there is an election to be held just two days later. Violence is anticipated, expected and planned for. Against this background the investigation is being held. It's not a high tech investigation which seem to be rare in Kenya.
This is a disjointed sort of read. There seems to be a lot of assumptions made without backing logic all to create red herrings. Unfortunately it takes away from a good read.
Then there is the elephant in the room. The weird, strange and absurd way in which dialogue is formatted. It's so distracting and I just don't understand why it was done this way.
Overall it wasn't an enjoyable read.
When a Massai woman is found dead in a drain in a central Nairobi park Mollel is assigned the task of investigating for no other reason then someone had to do it and it got him out of everyone's hair. The problem for everyone is that it's just before Christmas, not that that is a big think in Kenya, and there is an election to be held just two days later. Violence is anticipated, expected and planned for. Against this background the investigation is being held. It's not a high tech investigation which seem to be rare in Kenya.
This is a disjointed sort of read. There seems to be a lot of assumptions made without backing logic all to create red herrings. Unfortunately it takes away from a good read.
Then there is the elephant in the room. The weird, strange and absurd way in which dialogue is formatted. It's so distracting and I just don't understand why it was done this way.
Overall it wasn't an enjoyable read.