curatoriallyyours 's review for:

Return to the Enchanted Island by Johary Ravaloson

3.0

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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There were some quite confusing elements to this story. It jumped back and forth in time several times and it took me a couple of paragraphs to realise what had happened. There are some interesting magical realism elements that are something of a mythology. Not knowing anything about Madagascan mythology I have no idea whether they are established mythology or an invention of the author. I didn’t love the book but I did get absorbed in the story and am glad to have read it.