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A review by warning_about_sophie
Creatures of Passage by Morowa Yejidé
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
An incredible read, and a book I couldn't put down, even when some passages are less well-written than the rest.
It is a beautiful story about life and death and how love lives on, even in the darkest of places.
The poetic entanglement of the mundane and the spiritual creates a sharp contrast to the atrocities lived by some of the characters and their trauma, which haunts the whole narrative.
Be prepared, however, when you start reading, because this is a story about racial injustice and intergenerational trauma, and those themes are ever-present.
I loved the many characters and following them through the grief of their past selves or their loved ones.
It is a beautiful story about life and death and how love lives on, even in the darkest of places.
The poetic entanglement of the mundane and the spiritual creates a sharp contrast to the atrocities lived by some of the characters and their trauma, which haunts the whole narrative.
Be prepared, however, when you start reading, because this is a story about racial injustice and intergenerational trauma, and those themes are ever-present.
I loved the many characters and following them through the grief of their past selves or their loved ones.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia and Sexual assault