sparksbooks 's review for:

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi

4.0

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I don’t know how Wole Talabi is always able to build such interesting worlds and characters that provide such fantastic messages, but Shigidi does just this with such finesse and flair. I love how the different timelines weave together and feed more background and life into the main storyline. The powers of the gods are so interesting and I love how Talabi is able to take myths and gods and create an entire world and organization that links with other countries’ myths and gods also and in a very business-like way.

I found myself wowed by the sometimes surprising ways that morals and messages are weaved into the storytelling, while playing into the story. I enjoyed the pacing of both the main story and the flashbacks, leaving nothing feeling rushed or not fleshed out. It is a fun heist story set in a spiritual capitalist hellscape of Gods and other beings.

FOUR AND A HALF STARS

Thank you to DAW Books for the gifted copy of the book. All thoughts are my own.