caroleb's review
3.0
Although they share many characteristics, Colin Channer's second novel is very different from Waiting in Vain. Here's the thing. Unlike Fire before him and Jamaican author, Colin Channer, Carey McCullough is not a Yardie... He's multicultural rather than Jamaican, but still sexy to the bloodclat core. That's not what his second novel is about, however.
Despite steamy scenes and lush Jamaican settings, this is not beach reading. Satisfy My Soul is written in a vibrant, but more contemplative voice. It is a tragedy, a psychological study, and an intellectual analysis of cultural and spiritual conflict. Unlike the heroic Fire, Satisfy My Soul's playwright/narrator Carey is a dark and complex character with a troubled psychology, compelled to struggle in several destructive relationships.
Written in Carey's voice, Satisfy My Soul is a poetic rumination on the African-Caribbean new world's relationship with cultural identity, Christianity, Rastafarianiasm and Africa while confronting the universal challenges of mortality, fidelity, sexuality, jealousy and friendship.
This may not be easy reading for the beach, but it's more than worth your time and attention.
Despite steamy scenes and lush Jamaican settings, this is not beach reading. Satisfy My Soul is written in a vibrant, but more contemplative voice. It is a tragedy, a psychological study, and an intellectual analysis of cultural and spiritual conflict. Unlike the heroic Fire, Satisfy My Soul's playwright/narrator Carey is a dark and complex character with a troubled psychology, compelled to struggle in several destructive relationships.
Written in Carey's voice, Satisfy My Soul is a poetic rumination on the African-Caribbean new world's relationship with cultural identity, Christianity, Rastafarianiasm and Africa while confronting the universal challenges of mortality, fidelity, sexuality, jealousy and friendship.
This may not be easy reading for the beach, but it's more than worth your time and attention.
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