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Redemption In Indigo (2010)

by Karen Lord(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1931520666 (ISBN13: 9781931520669)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Small Beer Press

review 1: Refreshing and thought provoking. Initially, I found myself wondering if it wasn't a little rough around the edges; however, before my judgement settled, the narrator convinced me to reconsider. Karen Lord is gifted. While not every sentence is beautiful, the good parts are exceptional. The novel shows a deep understanding of society and religion, great interweaving of sources, and most of all, great imagination. I never thought I'd find a cou-cou stick at the center of science fiction. I look forward to reading more Karen Lord in the future. Does anyone happen to know if a particular Senegalese folktale is drawn from? Or is it concepts and stock characters?
review 2: I liked the story, ultimately, and it got better as the book moved forward, but I think the fl... moreow of the story got a bit stuttered by the oral-tradition-storyteller-as-narrator element. I can appreciate the attempt to address the significance of oral folktales, of course, and Shakespeare does this with his narrator characters in his plays, but a book has a bit more trouble when the narrator/storyteller interrupts to comment about something. I really liked Paama, and it was cool reading in an African setting -- you could really see some of the motifs and lesson-elements that tend to emerge from folktales especially in Africa (I'm thinking Anansi the Trickster, like some in this book). It was a cool experience, but a bit belabored. less

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