This is a nice book, despite its plot, and the genre needs more of them. Its story is not always nice – horrible things happen – but it feels pleasant, and it makes for an enjoyable read.
Fortunately, Redemption in Indigo succeeds because it has bags of charm. While the prose harkens back to older styles of story-telling, it’s a mode that’s been used quite a lot in fantasy fiction. There’s nothing especially remarkable about either the story or the world-building. The story is overtly told, and the identity of the narrator is part of the world-building. The book is structured as a tale told about a woman in a Senegalese-inspired fantasy world who leaves her husband, is gifted with the power of chaos, learns some important lessons at the hands of the god who previously held that power – as does he, of course – before giving the power back and finding contentment. It’s not my favourite type of story – it is, in fact one I generally avoid. I was pleasantly surprised by Redemption in Indigo, although to be fair it has had mostly positive reviews.
I’d ordered a copy of And Go Like This by John Crowley from Small Beer Press (this was not the John Crowley first edition I accidentally ordered twice, by the way), and they included Redemption in Indigo free of charge. Redemption in Indigo Show full title Written by Karen Lord Narrated by Robin Miles 3.5 / 5 ( 187 ratings ) About this audiobook This fascinating debut by Karen Lorda retelling of a Senegalese folktaleearned starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist and won the Frank Collymore Award. This was a freebie, or rather a “BONUS BOOK!”, as a strip of paper tucked into the book informed me.
0 kommentar(er)
