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A review by sargasso_c
What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
5.0
In Helen Oyeyemi's works I've found everything I've ever wanted. In this particular book, I've found love, confusion, indifference, indecision, and a bevy of keys in many different forms. Oyeyemi is an utter master of short stories and I don't doubt for a second that children two hundred and fifty years from now will be reading her stories like we now read Snow White and Cinderella. Only, I believe that children two hundred and fifty years from now will gain from their reading a much deeper insight into what it means to be human.
As if subtly hard-hitting and pithy writing wasn't enough, Oyeyemi does something that it is still rare for an author to do: casually and naturally writes diverse characters into narratives. That is something that I would like to someday personally thank her for.
As if subtly hard-hitting and pithy writing wasn't enough, Oyeyemi does something that it is still rare for an author to do: casually and naturally writes diverse characters into narratives. That is something that I would like to someday personally thank her for.