A review by miada001
The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor

adventurous challenging fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

ugh i want to love this so bad. overall amazing concepts and it was fun to read in the first half and then the plot gets muddled and the characters fall totally flat. i loved the whimsical magical elements and mysticism but the main conflict was just really missing something and the protag was too flawless. also weirdly strong dose of fatphobia at the end when the villain is finally revealed? he fatted fattily in a fat way because he was evil greedy and fat fat fat and a fat emotional eater kind of vibe. like wtf