A review by ellaellaellaetc
A General Theory of Oblivion by José Eduardo Agualusa

3.0

well yes! this is about a portuguese girlie who follows her sister to angola after the sister marries a guy and then right after the country is in extreme unrest as it becomes a republic. the sister and hubby leave and someone comes into the apartment to rob/kill them and main girl freaks out and kills him and then just boards up the door and doesn't leave the apartment for DECADES. she just lives off of some plants she has on the terrace and eats birds and shit😭😭 while the book is mainly about her, it follows the stories of lots of loosely people and tbh some of these threads/connections were a bit far fetched. I get that it's a book and it's gotta come full circle but come on man. also, I found the pacing to be extremely confusing. I was never sure whether days, months or years had passed between each scene and I kept getting confused which really took away from the story. 3 stars