read: 01/10/23 - 08/10/23
This collection was an incredible, and often witty, commentary on many things, particularly racism, love, and over-consumption. The stories ranged from touching to disturbing. The most heart-aching for me was 'The Lion & The Spider', a story that initially seemed a little slower than the others but ended up having so much humanity sewn into it. There were some odder plots, namely 'Lark Street', that took a more abstract approach than the dystopia of the other tales, though I liked the occasional switch-up from slice-of-life to almost horror. It kept the stories varied and moving. Overall, despite some weaker stories (as is always the case with short-story collections), I thoroughly enjoyed Adjei-Brenyah's narrative in both its intelligence and its dark sense of humour.