Agualusa's work was described by Ana Mafalda Leite as sometimes providing "a link between history and fiction, between the account of past events and the description of what might have been possible."
Karya-karya Agualusa dideskripsikan oleh Ana Mafalda Leite sebagai pemaparan "Hubungan antara sejarah dan fiksi, antara kisah kejadian masa lalu dan deskripsi tentang apa yang mungkin mungkin terjadi."