Kola Boof

This novel feels and reads as an oral history of its main character Eternity as well as providing a deep symbolism depicting the struggle to define one's identity using violence, ancestry, and lived experience as the vehicles by which that concept is explored all through the eyes and from the point of view of black women.I imagine that for many women this novel is empowering and elicits feelings of finally having words be put to one's previously unspeakable dissatisfaction. As a man i find this novel to be a very sobering critique on patriarchy and men's roles within it.

an excellent read… (more)