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A review by leahrosereads
Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
While i thoroughly enjoyed so much of this novel, especially around the reimagined West African setting and the politics surrounding Yorubaland and its rivals, I really wish this was written in third person.
The Persephone remix was incredibly interesting, and kept my intrigue even when Òdòdó’s naivety, immature thinking, and sometime outright selfishness irked me. But she was young and captured and brought into such a lavish world that the selfishness could be seen as self preservation.
Which is why I'd have loved this to be third person POV. Because the narration stayed only with Òdòdó, the politics and knowledge gained was intentionally disjointed. It made sense, but I think giving the reader a break from Òdòdó’s thoughts would have given a nice change of pace.
The novel moved slowly being only with Òdòdó until the last couple of chapters.
That said, I dug the ending. I'll always root for women's rights AND wrongs!
The Persephone remix was incredibly interesting, and kept my intrigue even when Òdòdó’s naivety, immature thinking, and sometime outright selfishness irked me. But she was young and captured and brought into such a lavish world that the selfishness could be seen as self preservation.
Which is why I'd have loved this to be third person POV. Because the narration stayed only with Òdòdó, the politics and knowledge gained was intentionally disjointed. It made sense, but I think giving the reader a break from Òdòdó’s thoughts would have given a nice change of pace.
The novel moved slowly being only with Òdòdó until the last couple of chapters.
That said, I dug the ending. I'll always root for women's rights AND wrongs!