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A review by pattyspages
Rose and the Burma Sky by Rosanna Amaka
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
🗣💬:
“𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙨. 𝘼𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙖 𝙬𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚. 𝘼𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙪𝙨”
👩🏾🏫 𝔾𝔼ℕℝ𝔼:
Historical Fiction
📄 ℙ𝔸𝔾𝔼 ℂ𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋:
272
🎡 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕄𝔼𝕊:
War (WW||) / Nigeria / Unrequited love/ Sacrifice /Parenthood / Community
✍️ ℙ𝕃𝕆𝕋:
One war, one soldier, one enduring love
1939: In a village in south-east Nigeria on the brink of the Second World War, young Obi watches from a mango tree as a colonial army jeep speeds by, filled with soldiers laughing and shouting, their buttons shining in the sun. To Obi, their promise of a smart uniform and regular wages is hard to resist, especially as he has his sweetheart Rose to impress and a family to support.
Years later, when Rose falls pregnant to another man, his heart is shattered. As the Burma Campaign mounts, and Obi is shipped out to fight, he is haunted by the mystery of Rose's lover. When his identity comes to light, Obi's devastation leads to a tragic chain of unexpected events.
💭 𝕍𝕀𝔹𝔼𝕊:
Such an insightful, thought provoking read. This book was clearly written with a lot of research and perhaps a lot of first hand accounts passed down through family.
The writing style is raw and honest but so welcoming that you become addicted to it from the prologue.
💟 𝔽𝔼𝔼𝕃𝕊:
This book was wonderfully emotional and open.
I felt such an affinity to the way the story was told as the narrative voice is self conscious enough to know his faults and the faults of those around him even though emotionally he may want/feel differently.
I was on the journey with the MC from start to finish and don't think I will ever get enough of works like this that honour the lost stories of people that colonialism has attempted to write out of history.
This story was moving, frustrating, hopeful and addictive.
“𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙨. 𝘼𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙖 𝙬𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚. 𝘼𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙪𝙨”
👩🏾🏫 𝔾𝔼ℕℝ𝔼:
Historical Fiction
📄 ℙ𝔸𝔾𝔼 ℂ𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋:
272
🎡 𝕋ℍ𝔼𝕄𝔼𝕊:
War (WW||) / Nigeria / Unrequited love/ Sacrifice /Parenthood / Community
✍️ ℙ𝕃𝕆𝕋:
One war, one soldier, one enduring love
1939: In a village in south-east Nigeria on the brink of the Second World War, young Obi watches from a mango tree as a colonial army jeep speeds by, filled with soldiers laughing and shouting, their buttons shining in the sun. To Obi, their promise of a smart uniform and regular wages is hard to resist, especially as he has his sweetheart Rose to impress and a family to support.
Years later, when Rose falls pregnant to another man, his heart is shattered. As the Burma Campaign mounts, and Obi is shipped out to fight, he is haunted by the mystery of Rose's lover. When his identity comes to light, Obi's devastation leads to a tragic chain of unexpected events.
💭 𝕍𝕀𝔹𝔼𝕊:
Such an insightful, thought provoking read. This book was clearly written with a lot of research and perhaps a lot of first hand accounts passed down through family.
The writing style is raw and honest but so welcoming that you become addicted to it from the prologue.
💟 𝔽𝔼𝔼𝕃𝕊:
This book was wonderfully emotional and open.
I felt such an affinity to the way the story was told as the narrative voice is self conscious enough to know his faults and the faults of those around him even though emotionally he may want/feel differently.
I was on the journey with the MC from start to finish and don't think I will ever get enough of works like this that honour the lost stories of people that colonialism has attempted to write out of history.
This story was moving, frustrating, hopeful and addictive.