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Apr 28, 2012Rilelen rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
VERY different, refreshing take - it was fascinating to see a "fantasy" novel based on African traditions instead of the European ones of elves/witches/etc that most of the genre is based on. The first third of the book was absolutely mesmerizing. I don't know why, but lots of books like this with a strong sense of place and culture seem to encounter issues in the second half of the novels - I think part of it may be the need to speed up events and skip from "day-to-day" narration to summaries of weeks and years to get to the author's end destination.