Candi Miller

The biggest achievement of Ms. Miller is that she doesn't tell a story, she paints it in front of the reader's eyes. It is a story about (for me) an unfamiliar culture and yet it is presented in such a convincing and authentic manner that it moves you. It's a story about a small girl Koba, but it is also a story about big themes, about the world. When Koba finds the answers to her questions at the end of the novel, the readers are forced to do some questioning of their own. Informative, show more enlighte...more The biggest achievement of Ms. Miller is that she doesn't tell a story, she paints it in front of the reader's eyes. It is a story about (for me) an unfamiliar culture and yet it is presented in such a convincing and authentic manner that it moves you. It's a story about a small girl Koba, but it is also a story about big themes, about the world. When Koba finds the answers to her questions at the end of the novel, the readers are forced to do some questioning of their own. Informative, enlightening and touching read. I highly recommend it show less

In a southern Africa violently split during Aparteid, Koba is taken away from her Kalahari desert tribe after witnessing her parents being murdered by a party of white hunters. She slowly learns to adapt and survive in a dangerous but beautiful environment. However she is plagued by the knowledge that unless she leaves thoses who have grown to love her, she faces exile from her own people. The only answer may be to risk all through the brutal laws that condemn her.

My Thoughts:

This book is show more for this months book group. Again it is one that I haven’t finished because I just didn’t connect with it. I didn’t like the plot, the story, the characters, nothing. I really didn’t like anything about this book at all, and with so many books sitting on my shelf TBR, then I will give up and start another. show less