A review by alleeme
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

4.0

The argument is often made that books can take you anywhere. It's an old maximum about the importance of reading and the joys it can bring. But where has it taken you recently. Has it just been entertainment for your middle class American life? Maybe at best a fantasy dystopia that is actually just a metaphor for middle class american life? Well, sometimes it's nice to read a book that really takes you somewhere else, to a different life that opens your eyes to things you aren't seeing or don't want to see...