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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
jessthanthree's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, and War
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
ofavalley'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
3.5
Graphic: War, Gore, and Violence
Minor: Animal death
ireadinbed's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
There are lots of things I like but it is just really hard to follow past the first book.
I think I may not be this book's ideal reader but I did get a lot out of it. I really enjoyed the ending which felt new and exciting when I understood it.
I did feel like a lot of it's magic system was being suddenly explained and I could have used that info earlier
Graphic: War and Death