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A review by zoethewriter_sa
Water: New Short Story Fiction from Africa by Karina Szczurek, Nick Mulgrew
3.0
Ah
It's always good to read stories about home, Africa and South Africa in a little book about water. All the familiar characters and places and language, it's quite comforting in a way. That said, I expected more from these shorts, especially surrounding the theme of water, I wanted so much to be moved or excited and that didn't really happen. But while I found most of this collection just okay, I really really liked The Lake Retba Murder, Native Mayonnaise, The tale of the three water carriers, and maybe How We Look Now too. Overall, the stories in this collection were quite good, but unfortunately they kind of bored me.
It's always good to read stories about home, Africa and South Africa in a little book about water. All the familiar characters and places and language, it's quite comforting in a way. That said, I expected more from these shorts, especially surrounding the theme of water, I wanted so much to be moved or excited and that didn't really happen. But while I found most of this collection just okay, I really really liked The Lake Retba Murder, Native Mayonnaise, The tale of the three water carriers, and maybe How We Look Now too. Overall, the stories in this collection were quite good, but unfortunately they kind of bored me.