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A review by bookofcinz
The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest by Aminatta Forna
3.0
Solid 3.5
The Devil That Danced On The Water: A Daughter's Quest, is about Aminatta Forna's father Dr. Mohammed Forna, a politician in Sierra Leone during the civil war. This is a hard book to review mainly because it is one part memoir and another part biography. The writer is very close to the issue presented and it is clear that she really did her due diligence.
I knew very little about Sierra Leone's prickly history, so I appreciated that historical content. I got a great look into the country and its culture. I liked both the beginning of the novel and the end, I felt the middle was a bit jumbled and not presented properly. At the end, I did have a lot of unanswered questions, the top being "WHERE IS YOUR MOTHER?".
From reading this book, its clear that it was a hard book to write because there are so many things at play- the history of a country, the telling of a father's story from your memory and the memory of others along with your own history. Nonetheless, the book did a solid job of getting the story across.
The Devil That Danced On The Water: A Daughter's Quest, is about Aminatta Forna's father Dr. Mohammed Forna, a politician in Sierra Leone during the civil war. This is a hard book to review mainly because it is one part memoir and another part biography. The writer is very close to the issue presented and it is clear that she really did her due diligence.
I knew very little about Sierra Leone's prickly history, so I appreciated that historical content. I got a great look into the country and its culture. I liked both the beginning of the novel and the end, I felt the middle was a bit jumbled and not presented properly. At the end, I did have a lot of unanswered questions, the top being "WHERE IS YOUR MOTHER?".
From reading this book, its clear that it was a hard book to write because there are so many things at play- the history of a country, the telling of a father's story from your memory and the memory of others along with your own history. Nonetheless, the book did a solid job of getting the story across.