PositiveThe Times Literary Supplement (UK)Otoo’s captivating use of language is the thread that ties these varying yet overlapping tales together. One of the most innovative and effective devices in the novel is the use of objects – a broom, a doorknob, a room – as narrators; it creates a sense of an objective, omnipotent eye. There are inevitable moments of disorientation, especially when the stories merge or flit quickly between the different Adas’ lives, and there’s the unavoidable potential for wanting more or less of certain threads ... Adas Raum is nonetheless an impressive and highly original work, brimming over with energy.
