Natasha Bowen
Forfatter af Skin of the Sea
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- Fødselsdato
- 20th Century
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- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
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- Værker
- 5
- Medlemmer
- 969
- Popularitet
- #26,570
- Vurdering
- 3.8
- Anmeldelser
- 13
- ISBN
- 28
- Sprog
- 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.… (mere)