160 pages
English language
Published Feb. 20, 2021 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.
The symbolism is a metaphor for capitalism because after eating the plot, the characters and the setting it ate itself.
I like this one. There's a lot of pain in this story, and also lightness. It got a little too fairytale-ish for my taste at one point, but oooh, the ending. Mhm. The audiobook is very well read too.
This is a book with a mysterious deadly super power, within a future Africa, beset by corrupt corporations.
This book is about a young girl navigating this world.
The writing is beautiful. The coming of age aspects of the story are often tragic. Some plot elements felt a bit disjointed, especially for a novella. I liked the journey; the destination otoh, not as much. Would check out the author's other works.
I would have liked for this story to have gone more into the how and why, but I also understand the author's reluctance to do so. This was powerfully written, and had only bad things to say about human nature. I feel like it was written from the perspective of 2020. (Even the pandemic got a shout-out!)
I won't spoil it here, but... that ending was... brutal.
