With thanks to OwnIt! for sending me a gifted copy of this read.
What's it about? A coming-of-age novel, alternating between past and present and shifting back and forth from Jamaica and the United States, SASHA KNIGHT picks apart the puzzle left behind when 11-year-old Sasha disappears. Everyone seems convinced she has simply run away. On the days when he can’t hear her, Matthew believes it too.
Portraying the perils of toxic masculinity and the damaging effects of emotional trauma. Touching on religion and the deep-seated class and colour divide in Jamaican society, this is a genre-bending mashup that shakes the senses and tears at the heart.
Bobs and Books honest review:
I didn't really know what to expect with this read, and wow did it surprise me.
Whilst the thread of this book is trying to find Sasha, the authors brings in so many themes along the way. Its dark, daring, surprising and astonishing all wrapped up into one man's hunt for his childhood friend.
This definitely went to places that I never expected it to. The storytelling is rich and captivating. It took me a while to adjust to how the speech is written out, but once unlocked, I felt even more immersed in this world and was grateful for it.
Matthew is a superb lead character, raw, honest and flawed.
Out in two days!