Natasha Bowen
Autor/a de Skin of the Sea
Sèrie
Obres de Natasha Bowen
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 20th Century
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- UK
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Black Authors (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 5
- Membres
- 968
- Popularitat
- #26,597
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 13
- ISBN
- 28
- Llengües
- 4
The Little Mermaid meets African deities and Trans-Atlantic slavery
This was a little ambitious with all its moving parts, but the premise wasn’t bad. Orisas (differentiated from orishas(?)) made the narrative a bit distracting for me.
Personally, I would’ve liked the book to focus either on the involvement of the orisas or Simi’s amnesia. Simi’s fractured memory of her previous life before being made into a mermaid was the most promising part to me.
Kola could’ve been a better companion. But his character was bland as was Simi.
Overall, this was too slow-moving for me, so it couldn't keep my interest.… (més)