Reviews

Nudibranch by Irenosen Okojie

didipooka's review against another edition

Really struggled to read this. It is beautifully written, and very surreal/creative, but it didn't feel like their was any story line progression in any way. Each story just felt like it stopped and left me confused. Not enough to hook me into the other stories.

clairevlinney's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

bengpearce's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

rock_hyrax's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, and Rape

Minor: Toxic relationship

kirstenfindlay's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

nfp's review against another edition

4.0

I was pretty confused with each story but in a good way. It added to the chaos of each one.

sionainnmcdonagh's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced

4.0

notesonbookmarks's review against another edition

2.0

This book is psychotic.
I loved the silliness of the short story sisters, but otherwise wish I would have skipped.

elnechnntt's review against another edition

3.0

2 or 3 stars currently.

I ordinarily love weird stories but I do need there to be some ... story.

I completely appreciate the absolutely incredible imagination and word wrangling dexterity that has gone into this collection, but I’m not vibing it. At. All.

I am having an intense time at work so perhaps my brain is defunct of capacity to dive into the realm of logic (of lack of) these stories require. I may attempt to return to them at a later date.

georgiaand's review against another edition

3rd story in the collection put me off - the combination of infidelity and cannibalism grossed me out too much