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Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

9 reviews

eclipse799's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Child death, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Classism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Racism, Sexism, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, War, Xenophobia, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Pregnancy

ramreads5's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Slavery, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Incest, Grief, Sexual violence, Rape, War, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Violence

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This will probably be a 5 star when I reread it one day. Wow. It's a complex story, feels epic in scale, but also has relatable and realistic characters. My new favourite Nnedi Okorafor book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Hate crime, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Racism, Death, and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Slavery, Blood, Infidelity, Death of parent, Body shaming, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Bullying, War, and Fire/Fire injury

Female genital mutilation

theasbookworld's review

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I was so psyched to find a copy of this at Value Village when we were visiting family on the west side. Dr. Okorafor is one of the most iconic names in Afrofuturism, and while this is clearly one of her early works, that doesn't lessen the impact that it has. The writing, although not as developed in style as her later works, is conversational and even funny at times. I liked how that narrative choice cut through the intense topics that this book covers. Speaking of which, CHECK CW'S BEFORE PICKING THIS ONE UP, Y'ALL. Dr. Okorafor pulls no punches, and the ending leaves you pretty much desperate for the second book. I'd recommend it if you can handle the subject matter and don't mind a little bit of an odd tone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Xenophobia

greenteadragon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Sexual content

Minor: Torture

likejennybutwithad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

hagohags's review against another edition

Trigger warning for like EVERYTHING. Four chapters in and having made it through an explicit group rape and a pregnancy, I bailed when we started heading towards FGM and I still didn't know where this book was headed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Xenophobia

thereadingrambler's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexual assault