John Boyes, King of the Wa-Kikuyu Book

Although I wanted to like this story I didn't. Most probabaly it's me, because I guess I expected something completely different. I expected to read about the people in Africa their customs and culture, their daily life and Kuki adjusting to this. Instead I got the mistreatment of animals, a lot of horrible accidents, dead people, mourning and over all a depressing story that is written (with a lot of long descriptions) in a way that didn't pull me in. I skipped passages and just wanted to have it over with, because some things I just didn't want to read and some things sounded so unbelievable to me.

She had a husband who was a hunter, killed animals, killed an elephant without a reason and she was just standing there and watching. Not much later in the book she fights for the wildlife in Africa. I don't understand this. I'm not a wildlife activist, but I would never want a husband who kills an elephant just for the kill right in front my eyes.
She had a son crazy about snakes and they lived miles away from a doctor and any medical help. Knowing what she knew about her son shouldn't she have kept his hobby within proportions and have been better prepared for bites and the consequences? I don't know, but to me she seemed to be very naive.

What I do like is (that's the explanation for the two stars) that she obviously loves Africa very much and no matter what she wants to stay there and it must have been really difficult for her being there alone with a baby and so much grieve. I understand this so well, because I emigrated from the Netherlands to Greece and I also had to face some difficulties all by myself. Sometimes it is still hard, but I know that I love Greece and I will never leave, whatever happens Greece is my home.