It goes all over the place, sometimes rocketing between characters and sometimes remaining in one place for a long time. I’m not sure how exactly to describe The Salt Roads. The queer content is mainly in the beginning of the novel, with more of a focus on colonialism, racism, oppression, resistance, slavery, etc, but it still definitely has an impact on many of the characters.
A god has her own voice and storyline, and she and other gods make physical, observable impact on reality. The Salt Roads bounces between many characters and times, and each has their own distinct voice. Fabulism sounds closer, but I hesitate to use that either, since I am fairly sure I wouldn’t say that about a book that was rooted in Christian religion as much as The Salt Roads is rooted in West African religion. My library put a sci-fi sticker on this book, which is clearly incorrect, but I think the label of “Fantasy” wouldn’t be much better. I very reluctantly put down Inseparable by Emma Donoghue (which is also amazing, and I will be reviewing it later) to read The Salt Roads, but by the time I reached page 15 and there was a f/f sex scene, I changed my tune. First of all, how amazing is that cover? Doesn’t it make you want to pick it up just by itself?Īmazingly, this was a book I was assigned in a class.
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