Reviews

Hogar by Carla Bataller Estruch, Nnedi Okorafor

row_shin_knee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

jamponicki's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• 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

arualle's review against another edition

fast-paced

2.75

carolainam's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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

2.75

dmk_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• 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

bdrew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

ajowens76's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.5

mcloonejack's review against another edition

3.0

Where the sparseness of the first book in this trilogy did wonders by presenting an incredibly narrow intro point into a clearly wide and intriguing world, Home struggles by opening up the world building but sticking to the shorter format.

If you’re going to do immersive worldbuilding while also trying to tell a story of someone completely unstuck from basically any society, you simply need more pages. A lot of potential avenues for interesting fleshing out get obliquely handwaved away with Binti thinking a string of questions to herself before deciding not to voice any of them (this happened more than once).

But what WAS there was great. Binti’s strained relationship with her family, her friendship with Okwu, and her constant struggle with PTSD grounded an increasingly high-stakes story. But as noted above, I wish there was more times with these story beats.

And then the world-building, whew! So much more room to flesh out what this futuristic society looks like, plus some hints at how Earth became the way it was and an amazing dash of futuroindeginous(?) practices made it all so tantalizing. But as mentioned above, those drip drops of information don’t play as well as in the first book.

With one (also small) book to go, I hope Okorafor finds better balance, because I’m definitely still excited to read it.

lauraborkpower's review against another edition

3.0

This was a terrific progression from the first installment of the series, and, again, I wanted a bit more. I'd have liked to spend more time at Oomza University before Binti decided to leave for her pilgrimage, to explore the interesting world that Okorafor has created. But she kept the story moving, and it's a good story.

jenmangler's review against another edition

4.0

I'm really enjoying this trilogy. I loved getting to know more about Binti's family & history.