How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder

Couldn’t set this one down. Finished in a weekend. It's a unique writing style that weaves in child-like elements and feels choppy and a little disjointed but somehow in a way paints a fuller picture of who the main character is and what she’s going through.

This quote shows the pain, but also the strained hope she has and the continued struggle she will face:

“A good life in spite of. In spite of bad ancestors. In spite of your skin. In spite of colonialism. In spite of capitalism…in spite of lists of things you want. In spite of a man who came in the dark…"