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singalana's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Hate crime
Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, Animal death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Violence
kylieqrada's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Read for Beautifully Bookish Bethany's Tordotcomathon 2022
Graphic: Death, Child death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Car accident, Animal death, and Violence
powellki'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, Terminal illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Car accident, Cancer, Cursing, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder
honeyreads1066's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This book follows Sankofa who walks the streets of Ghana with a green glow meaning death on her way to find the object from the skies that gave her these powers.
This story is so much more than just a story about a girl. It explores, culture, death, fear of the unknown, religion and what it means to be human. I got a lot more out of this story than I originally anticipated.
Sankofa is written extremely well, you sympathise with her and also understand why she does what she does and she is written as you would expect a 13-year-old to be written. I loved how though she isn't perfect and wholly good you still feel for her in almost a maternal way.
I thought the other characters were written beautifully as well and felt 3 dimensional.
Also, the setting was rich with culture and felt like a very real place. I found it extremely easy to visualise exactly where Sankofa was and the descriptions helped me create an image without being overboard.
The thing I'm not too keen on was that at parts things just felt very slow. Had the narrator not been so good I think it would have taken me longer to finish this or I would have dropped it and come back. I understand why the story went the way that it did but there were some sections I wanted more on instead of the others.
Overall, I enjoyed this and I'm very glad that I listened to it rather than read it. It's a good realistic and short sci-fi set in a place one wouldn't expect. I would absolutely recommend it.
Moderate: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent and Child death
pagesandnights's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Animal death
ellenwilberg's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Child death
bexi's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, Child abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Car accident, Child death, and Death of parent
Minor: Misogyny, Body shaming, Blood, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
thoughtsontomes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Child death
bookcaptivated's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, and Grief
ebgat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder