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The Witch Doctor's Wife (2009)

by Tamar Myers(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0061727830 (ISBN13: 9780061727832)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

William Morrow Paperbacks

series

Amanda Brown

review 1: Thoroughly enjoyed this book which I picked up on a whim from the library. I haven't read anything else by this author who has written two cozy mystery series. Myers was raised in the Belgian Congo and it is apparent that she holds the place & people close to her heart. She introduces each chapter with an insert describing some aspect of the Congo: people, customs, topography, flora & fauna etc. Learned quite a bit from those. The story is set in the late 1950's prior to the Congo's independence in a Belgian Mining town and Bashilele village, and there are quite a cast of characters. Most advance the plot in some way, but with a few I wondered at the end why the character was introduced. The storyline & characters are more complex than what it/they may initially appea... morer. The story unfolds through multiple voices and worldviews, quite humorous at times, definitely keeps it interesting. Although tagged as a mystery, I think it is more about relationships & cultural differences. There is a murder and many secrets. The ending made my heart happy.
review 2: This was an Amazon recommendation (for $1 on Kindle), probably because I ordered a lot of books about African development back in 2008. The best part about this book was the rich geographic setting in the Belgian Congo and the descriptions of the interactions between the mining company and the local tribes, as well as attitudes towards independence. This is probably due to the (white) author’s experience growing up there.As a novel, it was slightly lacking and with the number of characters involved, there was little resolution offered to all people involved. It’s like there were a missing 20 pages before the somewhat climactic ending. Overall, worthwhile, but I likely won’t be reading any more of Goodman’s books less

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