As I got into this book I kept thinking in the back of my mind that it would be a hard one to review; that is, until I got to the serial killer bit, and I was back in my comfort zone.
Yrsa is doing a PHD at Cambridge on ‘how Afropessimism is shaping black women’s discourses on their liberation’. Yrsa’s interactions with her parents and especially her Caribbean grandmother have influenced her way of thinking as well as, of course, her studies into her chosen PHD subject. She has a genuine need to protest on behalf of black women’s rights, but she has become obsessed, thereupon opening the box in which her basic instincts have been hiding, and now she doesn’t want to put the lid back on.
Yrsa kills bad men who need killing. She doesn’t waste much thought on her victims after each deed is done, except for making sure she doesn’t get caught. She also hooks up with men she is attracted to but hates. There are some funny lines through the book, such as …“Why can’t she just shag in peace? Why do men have to speak?” but as Yrsa’s mental state appears to deteriorate they’re not so funny any more. There is an important clue towards the end of the book which goes a long way towards explaining how Yrsa acts the way she does, and is the kind of thing that stories like this one usually start with. Honey was altogether a very interesting read.
Thank you NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book. I hope Imani Thompson is planning on writing more.
Published by Harper Collins
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