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A review by theogb451
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
4.0
If you ever wanted to read a fantasy book set on the 'African' continent rather than the 'European' one then this is it. There is violence and there is sex - it's definitely up there with the Game of Thrones TV series on the balance of sex and violence (A Song of Ice and Fire tends to have a huge amount more violence than actual on-page sex) but it suits the genre, which is both a gritty Sword and Sorcery story and in part a noir-like thriller.
The prose is highly poetic and at times I had to re-read passages to get what was happening, particularly some dialogue where it was hard to quite be sure who said what.
I'm struggling between 4 stars and 5, TBH. I gave it 4 stars only because the final parts of the novel (it is in 6 parts) lost a lot of momentum for me and also there seemed less at stake for the characters.
The prose is highly poetic and at times I had to re-read passages to get what was happening, particularly some dialogue where it was hard to quite be sure who said what.
I'm struggling between 4 stars and 5, TBH. I gave it 4 stars only because the final parts of the novel (it is in 6 parts) lost a lot of momentum for me and also there seemed less at stake for the characters.