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While I didn't obtain my copy through Amazon, I read this book for my own purposes. All my thoughts and opinions are my own and I've received no benefit for leaving this feedback.

The positives: This book was a lovely study of an Englishwoman plunged into 1980s culture in Botswana. The people are alive and interesting and she paints some lovely word pictures. The woman's lack of understanding of culture and the inherent racism and misunderstanding that provokes were intriguing and written in a thoughtful way that made me think about how I would behave in a culture outside my relevant experience. There's an interesting balance in the information between native and expatriate voices.I enjoyed the ability to travel from my arm chair through this character's experience.

The negatives: While touted as a mystery, I found the mystery was frequently shoved aside for cultural commentary. I was enjoying the cultural commentary, but was sad the mystery didn't get more than a passing glance. It was eventually resolved by other people; the lead character played no role in the unraveling. I was frustrated by that at around the halfway mark when I felt the writer had said almost all she could about culture. There was an element of magical realism in the book that wasn't well-described in the book's description and, for me, felt unwelcome in a literary fiction novel. The magical realism made some of the characters' actions nonsensical until the reveal at the end. Once I was told what happened, the middle third made sense, but it was definitely a drag on the middle of the novel and led to me describing the pace as "slow" and downgraded my character evaluation from "complex" to "developed."

Overall: It was an easy enough read and had such delightful "armchair traveler" moments that it was worth the time. For a self-published book, the writing was quite good and there were only a few moments of egregious overwriting that bothered me (that's a feat - I'm a snobbish reader). The settings and characters. While it definitely isn't Heart of Darkness or Out of Africa, it's a worthy afternoon read.


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Singing Lizards Evadeen Brickwood Books Reviews

Interesting book about the culture and environment of South Africa. While most of the book moves slowly at times mimicking the local environment, it held my interest in the complete and well written descriptions. This book is advertised as a mystery about a missing sister, but that takes a backseat to most of the story.
I enjoyed reading about Bridget's efforts to adapt to the local area and her struggles. The author is skilled in developing a well fleshed out character with in depth struggles and problems. Easy to read and transports the reader to another time.
I received this book from one of the free book sites and this opinion is all my own.
Thanks to Booklover Catlady Publicity and the author who provided me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
"Singing Lizards" is a really hard book to define. Perhaps if I said you should read this with lots of tea, warm sunshine flooding through the window, and a bit of a breeze blowing outside it would give a better idea of this book than trying to pin it in some other way.
The story plods along, but DO NOT be discouraged by that - there is a point to it (and when you realise that, the story seems to move along much faster). There's a lot of warmth to both the story and the writing that kind of holds your hand through the journey.
There are a few problems with grammar, missing words, and misuse of punctuation - but please remember that English is not the author's first language, and that it doesn't interfere with the story too much.
This was a very enjoyable book.
Set in Botswana this rather reminded me of “Out of Africa” (which is mentioned in the early part of the book itself). Bridget goes out from England initially to look for her twin sister Claire who has mysteriously disappeared and then discovers so much more. The police are not in the slightest bit interested and she is left to do things for herself which in a foreign country with no language skills she obviously finds frustrations. Her sister’s disappearance soon takes a back seat, other than the odd visit to places and the mystery soon becomes her secret. The story is really of her adaption to life out there and the transformation from the erstwhile naïve person to a more streetwise woman living alone in Africa. That said this is an enjoyable read with wonderful descriptions of the landscape and scenarios that bring it to life. Bridget is a likeable character who you can take to easily even though at times you may want to shout advice to-like when she takes a total stranger in! An enjoyable easy read.
I was given an ARC of this book in exchange for an open and honest review
While I didn't obtain my copy through , I read this book for my own purposes. All my thoughts and opinions are my own and I've received no benefit for leaving this feedback.

The positives This book was a lovely study of an Englishwoman plunged into 1980s culture in Botswana. The people are alive and interesting and she paints some lovely word pictures. The woman's lack of understanding of culture and the inherent racism and misunderstanding that provokes were intriguing and written in a thoughtful way that made me think about how I would behave in a culture outside my relevant experience. There's an interesting balance in the information between native and expatriate voices.I enjoyed the ability to travel from my arm chair through this character's experience.

The negatives While touted as a mystery, I found the mystery was frequently shoved aside for cultural commentary. I was enjoying the cultural commentary, but was sad the mystery didn't get more than a passing glance. It was eventually resolved by other people; the lead character played no role in the unraveling. I was frustrated by that at around the halfway mark when I felt the writer had said almost all she could about culture. There was an element of magical realism in the book that wasn't well-described in the book's description and, for me, felt unwelcome in a literary fiction novel. The magical realism made some of the characters' actions nonsensical until the reveal at the end. Once I was told what happened, the middle third made sense, but it was definitely a drag on the middle of the novel and led to me describing the pace as "slow" and downgraded my character evaluation from "complex" to "developed."

Overall It was an easy enough read and had such delightful "armchair traveler" moments that it was worth the time. For a self-published book, the writing was quite good and there were only a few moments of egregious overwriting that bothered me (that's a feat - I'm a snobbish reader). The settings and characters. While it definitely isn't Heart of Darkness or Out of Africa, it's a worthy afternoon read.