Completed: 2/9/2022
Recommendation: Not Recommended
Recommended By: a book list
Review:
This book is wholly alien. Magic, yes, but mostly odd interactions. Magic is sort of distributed to each person (think of talents Piers Anthony's Xanth series). At heart it is the story of a chef who is celebrated by the community in which he lives. He has come to his appointment by the gods. Meanwhile butterflies are eaten kind of like alcohol is consumed (though alcohol is available as well) with similar effects. Moths are eaten as a sort of drug. This is also the story of love through the eyes of numerous people and yet love seems sort of lost in almost everyone but the newlywed. Meanwhile there are ghosts and poison eaters and many other things that wander about in the story. The heavy use of Jamaican style accents makes it hard to understand what is being said. I really was mostly confused and spent too much time not understanding, so I did not enjoy this book.
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