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A review by anaiira
Every Leaf a Hallelujah by Ben Okri, Diana Ejaita
4.0
Really cute fable. Hopeful and optimistic and somewhat overly simplified, but definitely lovely.
I do have a quibble, and this feels ridiculous, but I kept thinking about it and it distracted me from the main message -- when Mangoshi goes off to her quest, her father sends her off with a bunch of stuff, including bread that her sick, bedridden mother made. Which is a lovely and thoughtful gesture, but, let the poor sick woman rest. Honestly she basically falls into a coma a couple of pages later, why is she still responsible for making food.
I do have a quibble, and this feels ridiculous, but I kept thinking about it and it distracted me from the main message -- when Mangoshi goes off to her quest, her father sends her off with a bunch of stuff, including bread that her sick, bedridden mother made. Which is a lovely and thoughtful gesture, but, let the poor sick woman rest. Honestly she basically falls into a coma a couple of pages later, why is she still responsible for making food.