Speak No Evil

Silence. Be prepared to receive an emotional wallop while reading Uzodinma Iweala’s finely written novel titled, Speak No Evil. One could say this is a novel about a family that could be any family. There is love, similarities, differences. Then, there is cruelty, violence, tragedy. One could describe this novel as a gay coming of age story. None of those descriptions matter because of what this novel is: a finely written story that will engage every reader. The characters in this novel are drawn well and are developed with complexity and care as we understand them better every time the plot moves forward. The finely written prose drew me in to the story from the opening, and some sentences increased my heartrate or perhaps the prose served as a kind of pacemaker. If a consequence of speaking no evil involves silence, that may be an outcome that turns out to be unbearable. Rating: Five-star (I love it) Click here to purchase Speak No Evil from amazon.com.