Eldá Nani Kama
“For since death came through the first woman, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a woman.”
From the cover, we can assume that women will play a major role on this, be it good or bad, but from that intro, we find out that it’s pretty much the bad side, which may be kind of good depending on the events of the story, but the intro does push us forwards to reading the book. Nice touch Nzondi.
The Author doesn’t waste time in putting the reader on the tip of toes as the story starts off running with a:
And by the end of the chapter one, I can tell you that THAT is one of the coolest intro’s of a book. There are so many things to answer that you want to knowthe book right there and then. THAT’S how you do it! Oh yes, this book is going to be good, and we know it because the descriptive ability of Nzondi, the author, is as solid as rock, and possesses the ability to create questions on us readers that linger in our minds without needing to tell much. Impressive.
On Chapter 2 we meet, probably our main character and we like her in less than 5 sentences. She does her thing, that’s raising the dead, you know, nothing unusual there, and has a badass attitude. PLUS, the main character is a BLACK WOMAN! And black women ARE fierce as hell. Ohhhhh yeah! It was about time!
Let me tell you somemting, you can feel all the BLACKNESS and all the attittude on the main character! Like, FOR REAL! Ok. You might not be understanding why I’m so hyped about this aspect, but let me ask you this: “How many Black characters you’ve read felt… Black?” THAT’S WHY I’M HYPED. YOU FEEL IT, it’s THERE! The attitude, the sarcasm, the questioning, the defying manner of a Black women that is natural and just flows yet makes you feel threatened because if you don’t behave yourself you are going to end up with a fist on your mouth. THAT! OH GOD YES! YES!
