This book is getting great reviews all over the place and for the most part they are well deserved. The book is original, with strong character voices and conflict. I just found the end, from where Batman was lost, to be strange. It was unclear and had me wondering what the author's real feeling on helping refugees was. ( )

I got to admit, I got the book just because of its description in the back. There was only one of it in that huge ass warehouse sale and I picked it up and it told me "You have to get this book"

So, I bought it :)

I do not regret it. Right from the first sentence, I got hooked and it was an exhilarating ride with Little Bee throughout this entire novel. It kept me guessing the entire time. Exactly what happened on that fateful Nigerian Beach? What could have been that horrible?

It was late at night when I reached the part where the entire truth was revealed. I had trouble sleeping, it disturbed me so the images in my mind of Little Bee, Sarah and Andrew.

The Other Hand is a definitely memorable book. It left me feeling that eerie sense of loss that nothing could be done and even the ending was coated with thick hope that could never be.

I am glad I picked up this book :) You should too. ( )

Very nice read. Tragic and funny at the same time. ( )

The beauty of this book is in the way the author captures the voice of each character--and so it translates wonderfully into an audiobook, especially with a narrator as skilled as Anne Flosnik. Little Bee's Nigerian cadence, as well as Sarah's flat London British accent, were so true to life truly felt like they were right there, telling me their amazing story. Little Bee, who often speaks in parables and metaphors, relates what it is like to be a Nigerian refugee struggling to survive our modern world--which for her is fraught with many dangers. She finds an unlikely source of help in Sarah, a recent widow whose one time trip to Nigeria left scars--literal and emotional--that she has still not healed from. As their two stories combine into a shared struggle for survival against emotional and physical dangers I couldn't help being touched and intrigued by their story. An excellent read for anyone interested in different perspectives on the world, and it would also be a superb pick for a book discussion group. ( )