Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Sankofa by Nnedi Okorafor

94 reviews

trippalli's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

A well written story about yes and technology and people, violence, society, community, helping each other, farming, and life, corporate or computer influence and choices...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Fatphobia

hendrixpants's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Violence

tinyjude's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I adored the concept and development of this novella so so much. It is very sad and dark, which is the given with THAT premise (wow). I love books about characters that are Death or represent Death in any form and this one was definitely added to that collection. Also IT HAS A RED FOX IN IT (sorry, your story has a fox and you win me over). The journey, the growth of the character, the political issues it tackles and how it is handled at the end. It was, without a doubt, a treat of a novella.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Genocide, Death, Hate crime, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual violence

pm_me_book_recs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This is such a well orchestrated story. 

We follow Sankofa through trials and tribulations regarding her power and the trauma brought with it. This seems to be a tale of character development and acceptance, but turns into something so much more. We get hints of the underlying conspiracy, but seeing and experiencing this through the narrative of young Sankofa, we don't realize or see the full picture until the very end. The closeness to our current state of world is unnerving, rightfully so. 

Moments of high stress, moments of comfort and happy tears, moments of righteous indignation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Blood, Violence, Abandonment, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

klbreyfogle's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, and Gore

pyromastyx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, and Child death

doomluz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

5.0

I love this. The world building, character development, and writing style are great. The power that Sankofa gets from the seed is interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Cancer

sabrinalefebvre's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Found a new author to obsess over

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Violence, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Car accident, Murder, and Terminal illness

rokinjaguar's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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? No

4.0

Very sad book about a girl's extraterrestrial experience and journey from normal girl to creature of a folk tale. The audiobook is voiced quite well, and I shed a few tears at one point. A bit too sad for my usual taste, but I liked the main character and the setting was so interesting and unique.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Blood and Gun violence