A review by kleonard
Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett

3.0

In this clear hat-tip to Octavia Butler, humans and aliens co-exist in a world reminiscent of modern-day Nigeria under Boko Haram control, where women are stolen by gangs of men to become their slaves. Told from several perspectives, the novel follows Cora, a girl torn from her community; a pair of brothers who seek a child kidnapped into sex trafficking; and others trying to find their way in a violent and unpredictable place and time. Readers should be aware that there is a lot of rape and butchery within, and that. ultimately, the narrative may not really be worth grappling with those things--I found it to drag and to be a bit trite, a disappointment given the set-up and possibilities available to the author.