ellekhupe's Reviews (417)

Cemetery Boys

Aiden Thomas

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Lakewood

Megan Giddings

2.5

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

She Would Be King

Wayétu Moore

2.75

adventurous challenging hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

House of Stone

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

3.75

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was an incredibly difficult book for me to read. Difficult because it was personal. It was devastating and it left me reeling. It's a story that needed to be told. It's a story that many people who, like me are from the part of Zimbabwe where this story is set, grew up hearing stories like this one, but there's something about seeing the story written down that's both powerful and heartbreaking. I didn't particularly enjoy the writing style but a MUST read if you have any interest in some of Zimbabwe's history during and shortly after independence.

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