This book had the potential to be better than it actually was.
I enjoyed it, but felt like something was missing.
At the start, we learn about the main character...but only really that he likes swimming. He is an albino black lad...which is pretty unusual, but it doesn't really dwell on the fact, more just mentions it at the start and only once really again when his crazy uncle is out of prison in need of blood.
The way that African traditional language is used throughout is immensely confusing. It took me ages to figure out which characters were which, and that some had multiple names. This really irritated me, and irritated me more so when I realised once I'd finished the book that there was a glossary...
The story itself was a brilliant one, educational, emotional, shocking, heartwarming, but the confusion between who was who ruined it for me a bit.
Much preferred "Hope is our only wing" which I fully recommend
I enjoyed it, but felt like something was missing.
At the start, we learn about the main character...but only really that he likes swimming. He is an albino black lad...which is pretty unusual, but it doesn't really dwell on the fact, more just mentions it at the start and only once really again when his crazy uncle is out of prison in need of blood.
The way that African traditional language is used throughout is immensely confusing. It took me ages to figure out which characters were which, and that some had multiple names. This really irritated me, and irritated me more so when I realised once I'd finished the book that there was a glossary...
The story itself was a brilliant one, educational, emotional, shocking, heartwarming, but the confusion between who was who ruined it for me a bit.
Much preferred "Hope is our only wing" which I fully recommend