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mgseaton01's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Looove Okorafor’s work. She manages to connect you to the main character (whom at least I have absolutely nothing in common with) and expose the same longing for identity and acceptance in myself; all the while spinning a gorgeous world behind my eyes that I swear I almost know the smell of otjize myself.

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chattie_the_mad_chatter's review

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challenging inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Home builds on where we left off with Binti, answering questions and replacing them with further ones.
I continue to love Binti as a character, her relationships and sense of who she is and what she can do. From everything she has gone through we see the fallout for her choices and expand on the difficult and highly unique situation she and her friend are in.
Binti confronts who was, is now and who she wants to be.
The world building is excellent and these novellas are full to the brim of things to think about!

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nytephoenyx's review against another edition

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dark informative reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I continue to be enamored with Nnedi Okarafor's work. Binti: Home is no exception. The world-building in these novellas astounds me. I'm in love with the vibrant way she effortlessly portrays different species, different tribes, and different worlds. Nnedi Okarafor is an excellent writer and deserves much more recognition than she receives, especially in widespread knowledge.

Binti: Home does just that - bring Binti home, where she becomes quickly disillusioned and has her perceived identity stripped from her. There is so much more nuance in the details, but it was a great story of wanting to honor who we were and cling to it while needing to look forward and become the person we were meant to be. There's also an excellent underlying theme about internalized prejudice.

I loved this book and read it quickly, with delight. I'm grateful there's still one more novella about Binti's life as a harmonizer. I wish there were more. I could read this forever.

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