Reviewer: Rachel
Ngumbau, Principal Education Secretary, English/Literature
Kenya
National Examinations Council (KNEC)
The book touches on the
vices affecting the society today: immorality, crime (kidnapping), payment of
ransom, careless sexual relationships, murder, assassination, terrorism, etc. It
makes a good read.
However, the book is
not suitable for school children. The content has plenty of explicit sexual
innuendos that are unsuitable for school children. The book glorifies sexual
intercourse, violence, terrorism, etc.
Character’s motives to
commit crimes, cause pain and destroy property always succeed without any
consequence at all at the person who commits the crime. Crime must always be
punished. Any conflict manufactured by the author must be resolved. The
resolution should advice on the moral path for the society to follow.
The stories are too
short. Too short that no character is ever developed. Any good short story
should be of some fair length as to develop the few characters identified.
Themes are too open for any serious study of thematic concerns. Style is also
too simplistically manifested. The use of obscene vocabulary was noted. This is
not good. Mentions of real personalities is not good.
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