A review by cpbindel
Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I loved these detailed and poignant portraits of people, many queer, in contemporary Lagos. It felt more like a short story collection with a few roving characters than a novel. And at times it was hard to identify what was happening/who was holding the focus. But the intimacies these characters share and the negotiations they make with the world were nonetheless intensely compelling. I loved the many ghosts, the bluebeard tale, the defiant minor deity. 

This book might pair well with The Pink Line by Mark Gevisser, as both books are highly attuned to the dueling pressures of politics and social acceptance/disgust, and the temporary/conditional arrangements that many queer people exist under right now