viscountess_black's Reviews (427)

Inside Harare Alcatraz and Other Short Stories is one of those books that comprise an illness present in society called racism, present in the lives of Zimbabweans living in England or/and naturalized, an active disease propagated and promoted by the government systematically, since it affects to those citizens in all aspects of their lives: unable to access to healthcare programs or simply negated, being persecuted and profiled by the police because of their skin colour, dismissed or denied of job opportunities because of skin colour and their names, as well as being thwarted educationally because of their location, their names AND their skin colour. Marvellous how we have advanced as a society...

Some of the stories inside this book also mentions the problems the Zimbabweans as a society have to come to terms with in their country because they are powerless to overcome the constant abuse of power of their leaders, all the corruption and how it affects them.

It is well worth the reading.

Thank you to Andrew Chatora, Kharis Publishing and Netgalley for this free copy I received in exchange of a fair review.

First book of the month, yey!
Now, the book: It was a good book, certainly not my favourite of this series but it was good nonetheless. It plays with certain ideas and concepts that I liked and I enjoyed reading it.

This was a hard book to read, not because of it's writing, but because this is the story of Clytemnestra, the Mycenaean Queen. A daughter, a sister, but most of all, a mother. A woman who suffered the worst losses a mother has, by the hands of her husband, her tormentor and the King.
The author managed to express her hurt, her emotions and made me feel her frustration and her pain.
I recommend it for those who loved The Song of Aquiles by Madeline Miller.

Thank you to Netgalley for this ARC in exchange of an honest review.

There are little books that have transmitted me such passion, and this is one of them.
It is beautifully written and highly recommendable.

I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed this book.

It was good, it was really good. Until wasn't.

Gorgeous book, to the point and so easy to understand, so full of respect and love.
A must read.