heavy to light
reading one heavy novel necessitated two fluffy.
little bee.
by chris cleeve.
nigirian refugee at a british immigration center meets british liberal editor of a woman's trash magazine with an insipid husband and a lackluster infidelity. while i can say it is a compelling and intriguing story. what i can also say is that the infidelity bothers me.... it might not bother all but it is a storyline that i find problematic and unsettling. perhaps, it is my moral high ground but i read the synopsis of some of his other books and the topic is repeated. anyway, an event on a nigirian beach bring sarah and little bee together. the book deals with the atrocities of nigiria as the "black gold" country and the complicated issues of asylum and immigration. the times reviewer said that it is not just a political novel but a story of human triumph. i found very little triumph in the story actually. so there you have it. not a huge fan of the author but was glad to read about little bee as a character and expand my world.
and to juxtapose nigirian political conflict and atrocities, i read heaven is for real by todd burpo (written with lynn vincent who also helped to write same kind of different as me) and percy jackson & the olympians: the lightning thief.
by chris cleeve.
nigirian refugee at a british immigration center meets british liberal editor of a woman's trash magazine with an insipid husband and a lackluster infidelity. while i can say it is a compelling and intriguing story. what i can also say is that the infidelity bothers me.... it might not bother all but it is a storyline that i find problematic and unsettling. perhaps, it is my moral high ground but i read the synopsis of some of his other books and the topic is repeated. anyway, an event on a nigirian beach bring sarah and little bee together. the book deals with the atrocities of nigiria as the "black gold" country and the complicated issues of asylum and immigration. the times reviewer said that it is not just a political novel but a story of human triumph. i found very little triumph in the story actually. so there you have it. not a huge fan of the author but was glad to read about little bee as a character and expand my world.
and to juxtapose nigirian political conflict and atrocities, i read heaven is for real by todd burpo (written with lynn vincent who also helped to write same kind of different as me) and percy jackson & the olympians: the lightning thief.
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