A review by rebeccazh
Drinking from Graveyard Wells: Stories by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This is everything I want in a short story collection. Fast-paced, consistently good across all the stories, and very very creative. Infused with mythology and folklore, it is such a delight to read these creative takes on capitalism, inequality, colonialism, greed, etc. There is an underlying thread of anger that runs through the whole collection that is sadly still relevant for the current climate, whether it is feeling impotent anger at being powerless, to the rush of vindictive and savage sactisfsction at seeing revenge. Some of the dystopian futures feel too plausible.