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Books read, August 2023
Sep. 7th, 2023 02:05 amThe Truth of the Aleke, Moses Ose Utomi.
I actually read this last month, but forgot to note it then.
This was sent to me for blurbing, because I read, loved, and happily blurbed Utomi's previous novella, The Lies of the Ajungo. As the titles imply, this is a connected story -- I guess it's fair to call it a sequel, but Lies was such a beautifully paced and self-contained story, and this isn't attempting to continue on with the same character or anything as simple as that. Its vibe is a bit different, too, less mythic in tone. If you've read the first novella you'll be looking for the irony in the title of this one, and it's there . . . but it's not quite the same irony as before, which is good. My only problem now is figuring out what to say for my blurb, which I swear to god is harder than writing an actual story.
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I actually read this last month, but forgot to note it then.
This was sent to me for blurbing, because I read, loved, and happily blurbed Utomi's previous novella, The Lies of the Ajungo. As the titles imply, this is a connected story -- I guess it's fair to call it a sequel, but Lies was such a beautifully paced and self-contained story, and this isn't attempting to continue on with the same character or anything as simple as that. Its vibe is a bit different, too, less mythic in tone. If you've read the first novella you'll be looking for the irony in the title of this one, and it's there . . . but it's not quite the same irony as before, which is good. My only problem now is figuring out what to say for my blurb, which I swear to god is harder than writing an actual story.
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