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joanna_banana's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Violence, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Gore, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Murder, and War
puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Grief and Death
Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Gore, War, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, and Body horror
avacadosocks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: War and Death
Moderate: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Blood
Minor: Xenophobia
ellornaslibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Just left me feeling such a variety of emotions as I concluded this journey alongside Binti. I laughed, I cried, I raged, I celebrated alongside her and Okwu. And then there's Mwinyi who. . . I have no words. I don't often get into the whole book boyfriend thing some readers do, but he's definitely a character who makes me understand why they do.
Once again, the narration for this was top notch. I am always left reeling by how much more powerful the emotions are in this series cause of the talented Robin Miles. I definitely have to check out more of their work. These books deal with some difficult, deep emotions given all of what Binti goes through yet the delivery is always excellent. Quality work.
All I can say now is that I am excited beyond words for this series to be adapted and hope, hope, hope Hulu does the adaptation the justice it deserves and more. And that, of course, I will definitely be checking out more work by Nnedi Okorafor who I think might now be an auto-buy author for me.
Graphic: War, Animal death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Misogyny and Xenophobia
mar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death, and War
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Gore
zombiezami's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Blood, War, Hate crime, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child death, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Medical content and Animal death
Minor: Death of parent
Ethnic discriminationdoomluz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I wasn't expecting Binti to die about halfway through (especially so brutally, but I guess that could've been done so that readers would have no doubt that she died and to show the brutality of war). I thought the rest of the book was going to be about remembering her and Mwinyi and Okwu solving the rest of the questions that needed to be answered and maybe completing her mission. But then she's revived.
It's funny Binti points out that the reasons the Zinariya left the golden ball felt anticlimactic because it was. There were a few story threads that still weren't completely answered, which makes me hope that Okorafor will write a fourth book or something. But overall I enjoyed this trilogy.
Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Gore, Animal death, and Grief
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Sexism
ofavalley's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: War, Gore, and Violence
Minor: Animal death
writingcaia's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
An original futuristic sci-fi tale of an African tribe girl who wishes to escape Earth and her family trap and study in the outer space university.
Binti escapes during night cover and boards the ship that will change her destiny forever. The only survivor of an attack on the ship by the aliens Meduse she will suffer the trauma but also the strange connection to her aggressors, who she gets to know in order to survive, especially to Okwu, with whom she shares her unique kind of magic and power. Undoubtedly changed physically and mentally Binti will face many challenges and ordeals to change the way the cosmos sees the aggressive and aggrieved Meduse, and to change the racism her people on Earth still suffer.
Liked the first book, but enjoyed the second more although I missed Okwu’s participation in it, the last was my favourite and overall the series was a solid 4⭐️.
Graphic: Blood, Genocide, Death, Racism, and Gore
Minor: Animal death
jmcordero's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Grief