390 reviews for:

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

Wole Talabi

3.65 AVERAGE

paultypething's review

4.0

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

melissyteapot73's review

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

baobrain's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous mysterious 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: Complicated

ddclarke's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous tense medium-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: Complicated

kyriross's review

4.5

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

quoc's review

4.5

adventurous mysterious tense 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

eriloulou's review

DID NOT FINISH: 7%

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I'm not into urban fantasy or coercive sex

neens_m's review

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

campjamie's review

4.0

adventurous

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Such a fun book! It was so nice to read a fantasy novel with a truly new (to me) premise and with such interesting detail and world building. 

wynwicket's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I'm conflicted on this one--there was a lot to like: the exploration of Nigerian myth and folklore with a unique and fascinating concept of magic; the idea of the gods forming corporations to encourage and control people's faith and oust each other from power (How would a god drum up 'business' these days?)  And a surprise cameo from Aleister Crowley, who's more than a little out of his element among Our Heroes, a former nightmare god and a succubus!

But there was a lot that just didn't work: the constant jumping back and forth through time to show past events took me out of the story a lot; the frequent coercive sex on the part of our succubus (who suddenly decided she was in LOVE in the last 50 pages of the book?  Eh.)  The heist subplot (which I was really excited about) felt like more of an afterthought.  And our Hero, Shigidi, was kind of a blank slate.  Intentionally so, maybe, but it was hard to get to know him.  

I look forward to discussing this with folks!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault