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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
dark
emotional
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
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
It was very interesting and powerful to read a story of Binti struggling with PTSD from the events of book 1.
Also loved getting to see her find comfort in her culture and traditions, even when having to do things differently on another planet, as well as receiving the support of her friends.
Also loved getting to see her find comfort in her culture and traditions, even when having to do things differently on another planet, as well as receiving the support of her friends.
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Binti: Sacred Fire was actually an additional short story published in the Binti: The Complete Trilogy omnibus book. That explains why I couldn't find any cover art for this but I found this beautiful Spanish Edition cover for Binti (bk. 1).
In this short story, Binti finds herself questioning who she's become together with the changes in her body and experiencing the aftermath of the previous event in the first book. She met a couple of new people but not everyone welcomes an ethnic dark-skinned woman and a war-centered jellyfish creature in an intergalactic institution of higher learning with open arms.
This short story was so good. It definitely added more information to this unique universe. The trauma of having to witness the prices of war would forever scar a person and I love how the author kept that trauma for a strong character like Binti. It made the character very genuine & extremely relatable. Her harmonic & mathematical foundation was as cool as the first time I read it.
Just like the first book, the culture of Binti's people was extremely interesting to me. Her culture and traditions were so rich that I need to know more. Now that she's far away from home surrounded by different species of people with their own cultures & traditions. Binti's struggle as the first representative of her race and her people was so impactful. This was the most culture-based science fiction series I've ever read & I love every second of it.
Very creative, very original & I love Okwu (Meduse), the grumpy "I'm gonna destroy the world" jellyfish creature.
4/5 stars.
In this short story, Binti finds herself questioning who she's become together with the changes in her body and experiencing the aftermath of the previous event in the first book. She met a couple of new people but not everyone welcomes an ethnic dark-skinned woman and a war-centered jellyfish creature in an intergalactic institution of higher learning with open arms.
This short story was so good. It definitely added more information to this unique universe. The trauma of having to witness the prices of war would forever scar a person and I love how the author kept that trauma for a strong character like Binti. It made the character very genuine & extremely relatable. Her harmonic & mathematical foundation was as cool as the first time I read it.
Just like the first book, the culture of Binti's people was extremely interesting to me. Her culture and traditions were so rich that I need to know more. Now that she's far away from home surrounded by different species of people with their own cultures & traditions. Binti's struggle as the first representative of her race and her people was so impactful. This was the most culture-based science fiction series I've ever read & I love every second of it.
Very creative, very original & I love Okwu (Meduse), the grumpy "I'm gonna destroy the world" jellyfish creature.
4/5 stars.
It's satisfying to see the effects of PTSD and the adjustment that Bindi has to make in her new life. Also nice to see more of the Oomza planet and life there.
The physical descriptions of the species could have been clearer as I feel these are still glossed over and it's left for our minds to fill in the blanks.
As a short connecting book between Books 1 and 2 I feel like this does exactly what it needed to.
There is a semi-conclusion to part of the arc isolated within this book, however some threads seem to appear randomly throughout (such as Bear who just appears at one point in the story with little introduction or description). I guess this is in some way setting up characters and themes for Book 2.
Still very enjoyable and if read as part of the whole, following Book 1 as a lead into Book 2, it has some merit through addressing the mental toll the events of 'Bindi' would have taken on her.
3.5 stars.
The physical descriptions of the species could have been clearer as I feel these are still glossed over and it's left for our minds to fill in the blanks.
As a short connecting book between Books 1 and 2 I feel like this does exactly what it needed to.
There is a semi-conclusion to part of the arc isolated within this book, however some threads seem to appear randomly throughout (such as Bear who just appears at one point in the story with little introduction or description). I guess this is in some way setting up characters and themes for Book 2.
Still very enjoyable and if read as part of the whole, following Book 1 as a lead into Book 2, it has some merit through addressing the mental toll the events of 'Bindi' would have taken on her.
3.5 stars.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes