While it’s more sci-fi than anything, there are some horrific elements so I figured I’d share it here as well.

My GoodReads Review:

Change.

Change is natural, but change is scary and painful.

Lagoon isn’t a perfect book, but it is something of a prescient one. While not always 100% successful, Lagoon is a story about aliens — about the other — coming to the Nigerian city of Lagos, trying to integrate and be accepted, and the immense turmoil that presents. Tackling ideas of culture, religion, politics, societal norms, and sexuality (among others), Lagoon is a mirror held up to humanity, examining how one city (in one country, on one continent, on one planet) reacts to turbulent change, and how it may be necessary to tear down old, outdated constructs in hope of creating a better future.

So, although the writing isn’t always the most eloquent and the dialogue isn’t always understandable (Pidgin English is both fascinating and confounding at the same time), I think the themes alone make this a book well worth the time and effort. Recommended.