Wow! “The Sleepless” is graphic, haunting, and terrifying. Nuzo Onoh transported me to a place I wish never existed, a place that filled me with indignation, disgust, and a desire to avenge. This book is powerful and well-written.
Here’s the gist. An innocent child is taken to a Witch Doctor by someone he trusts. His sister Obele “hears” grisly truths that endanger her. She relies upon some new friends, giggling girls from a cursed house, but wonders who-or what- they are.
“The Sleepless” is set during the Biafran War, when a life could end in an instant from a bomb, or the death could linger. The evils in this story are many, including some very human characters and some other-worldly and supernatural terrors meant to haunt dreams.
Nuzo Onoh released this book in 2016 (I believe) and has a new novel “Dead Corpse” I’ll be diving into as soon as time allows. (Look for a review!) Her prose flows. She sweeps readers through a realm of indiscriminate and vengeful spirits, cinematic Witch Doctors, and deep-rooted superstitions. In case you doubt her writing chops, Nuzo’s successful short story and novel writing has earned her the title Queen of African Horror.
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