A review by joti
The Mourning Bird by Mubanga Kalimamukwento

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Bloody hell. Absolutely not a light read. While I think it can easily be read in a few hours (pretty fast-paced style), I took a bit longer because I didn't always have the mental energy to take this book on. It goes from bad to awful to worse. I usually hate when stories are too negative, but the writing worked really well for the story here, and I actually appreciated the novel (I would say 'enjoyed' but the topics are not actually that enjoyable). It's mostly a personal narrative, with some background on the country during turbulent times.