Masiqale kwimvelaphi yale noveli. Kwaye inyani kukuba abalinganiswa abangcungcuthekisiweyo bahlala bezilolonga kwelo candelo lomfundi elidibanisa nexesha labo elidlulileyo; ngeempazamo okanye iitraumas ezibonakala zikwindawo enkulu okanye encinci zibonakala ngathi ziphawula ubukho bobukho. Ngaphezulu kwezigqibo ezilungileyo kunye neziphumo eziyimpumelelo.
Ekugqibeleni, yonke into inikwe umda kwimvakalelo yokuphela kwithuba lokuthatha izigqibo. Into ethi ekugqibeleni ivelise ubunzima obukhoyo bexesha elinomda.
Ingavakala inzima kakhulu ukuthetha malunga ne-prequel yoloyiso Isanti yeBaztán de Dolores Redondo, loo msebenzi usebenze ukwandisa uhlobo olumnyama ngamandla xa kunokwenzeka eSpain.
Kodwa kukuba isimilo sika-Amaia Salazar sishiye iziphetho ezininzi buqu, isiselo esininzi ebuntwaneni bakhe nakulutsha esineziganeko eziphazamisayo kwizinto ezikhoyo, ukubuyela kwisaga evela kwimvelaphi kukhombe ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo kubo bonke abo izithunzi ezizayo malunga nomhloli oqaqambileyo.
Sikho ngo-2005 kwaye kungekudala siyiqonda i-Aloisius Dupree, umphandi oye waqhagamshelana no-Amaia ngamanye amaxesha kwi-trilogy yokuqala. Nguye ophethe ukuqhuba intlanganiso yamapolisa evela kwihlabathi liphela phantsi kwesambulela se-FBI kwisixeko saseQuantico, apho isebe loqeqesho lweli qumrhu laseMelika lisekwe.
Ama-Amaia abonakala kakhulu ngexesha lokufundiswa kwaye afakiwe kuphando lwetyala lokwenyani. Unxibelelwano olukhethekileyo kunye neemodyuli zengqondo zolwaphulo-mthetho (esinokuthi siqikelele kwi-trilogy) zibonakaliswe kwakhona apha.
Kodwa uhambo lwakhe lobungcali olumntywilisela ngokupheleleyo kwimeko yolwaphulo-mthetho eyaziwa ngokuba "ngumqambi" (ngezona zizathu zoyikekayo esinokuzithelekelela) ijikiswe phantsi xa kukho imfuneko enyanzelekileyo ukuba imfune kwi-Elizondo yakhe yoqobo.
Kodwa i-Amaia sele iqalile (ayikhe ibengcono ukuba i-New Orleans igxunyekwe emanzini emva kokudlula kweNkanyamba uKatrina), kwaye ishiye eyona nto inyaniweyo ipakiwe, imisiwe, imisiwe. Inani likayise limhambisa phakathi kweemvakalelo eziphikisanayo zokoyiswa kunye nothando olushiyekileyo. Kungenxa yokuba yayinguJuan Salazar, owayengazi ukuba angamsindisa njani kuloyiko olunzulu oluye lwahlala unanamhla.
Nangona kuyinyani ukuba ama-Amaia kunye ne traumas zakhe banendawo engenakoyiswa, andazi. Kwaye oko ikakhulu kumdibanisa noDupree, intloko yophando eMelika. Kungenxa yokuba naye, udlulile kwii-hells zayo, ezoyikeka ngakumbi ukuba kunokwenzeka, ngendlela yaseMelika apho yonke into ihlala ibonakala inkulu.
Iyelenqe liqhubela phambili ngemida emininzi evulekileyo, ukusuka kwindawo ekude ngoku eyi-Elizondo ukuya kwisixeko esineziporho njengeNew Orleans, kumnyama kwaye kufuthaniseleka phakathi kwesono sonke sikaKatrina kunye nelifa laso le-esoteric.
Kungenxa yokuba ngaphaya kombulali obizwa ngokuba ngumqambi, i-hecatomb yenkanyamba ibonakala isusa yonke into de ifike kubukho be-Amaia kunye neDupree. Ngaphandle kokuba umqambi athathelwe ingqalelo njengomdlali weqonga, imiba emitsha evela kwixesha elidlulileyo ivela kumanzi anyukayo, njengamaphupha amabi apho inkanyamba enkulu ibilawula ukubuyisela ukungafundi kumfundi kutshintsha rhoqo iimeko ezothusayo.
Ibali loMntu libali lokoyika kwakhe naphina emhlabeni, uDupree uyamqinisekisa kwezinye zeendawo ezikule noveli, eqinisekisa ngalo mzuzu kanye apho ibali lilingana ne-Elizondo neNew Orleans.
Abalinganiswa abaphantsi, ubugqwirha, ivoodoo, iintlekele zendalo. Isindululo esibalisayo esiqhubela phambili phantsi kwengoma yevayolin eyingozi ekwaziyo ukukhupha imiba emininzi elindelweyo kumacala omabini oLwandlekazi lweAtlantic. Ukonwaba kwinoveli yolwaphulo-mthetho kuhambela phambili njengokuthintela ukuba uyeke ukufunda.
Inoveli iyonke yenoveli, enezinto ezoyikisayo ezisisondeza ngakumbi kuloo mntu ubalaseleyo osele eyi-Amaia Salazar. Ngoku uneminyaka engama-25 kuphela kodwa sele etsala ukuzimisela komhloli oza kuba kuko. Ngaphandle kokuba isithunzi esiveliswe kumahlathi anzulu entliziyo yakhe, njengesixhobo sokuxhuma esidibanisa neBaztán, siyaqhubeka ukuvusa ubushushu obufanayo babo bazama ukubaleka kuloyiko. Kwaye umdla, kolo loyiko ulele amandla akhe angaqhelekanga ophando. Ngenxa yokuba uyinaliti kwisitya se-hay ...
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli ethi Ubuso obuseMantla beNtliziyo, inoveli ethi Dolores Redondo, Apha: