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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
reflective
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
Okay I'm officially aboard the Okorafor train. What a cool concept! Wireless energy transfer has allowed for Africa to change in every way, shape, and form. Our narrator, AO, has gone beyond "normal" alterations and, as she wanders through the dangerous desert, realizes that she has more power than she could have thought. A good, quick read!
(Writing this more as a reaction to other reviews than anything else.) I enjoyed this story! The pace was fast - thriller pace almost - which meant that all of the character development was also fast and understandably choppy. And I was absolutely okay with that.
This book reads like a collection of vignettes about a really specific (key) moment in a much larger historic and cultural context so I was okay with missing huge chunks of expository text in favor of a play-by-play of some Big Moments. In a story like this I don’t care about HOW the tech works. The WHY eats up most of the story, and explaining things like how implants work or getting into the history of manufactured organs would have destroyed the racing pace. (And that would have been a bad thing.)
I also loved the perspective of an increasingly sci-fi world from the context of a human-turned-cyborg (one of the first?) and how the main character was the literal embodiment of the tension between tech and the natural world. Specifically, the fact that the main character CHOSE all of her tech upgrades was a really topical way to approach the prevalence of tech in our lives.
There’s some really interesting philosophical and ethical stuff going on in this one, all couched in a quick, entertaining read.
This book reads like a collection of vignettes about a really specific (key) moment in a much larger historic and cultural context so I was okay with missing huge chunks of expository text in favor of a play-by-play of some Big Moments. In a story like this I don’t care about HOW the tech works. The WHY eats up most of the story, and explaining things like how implants work or getting into the history of manufactured organs would have destroyed the racing pace. (And that would have been a bad thing.)
I also loved the perspective of an increasingly sci-fi world from the context of a human-turned-cyborg (one of the first?) and how the main character was the literal embodiment of the tension between tech and the natural world. Specifically, the fact that the main character CHOSE all of her tech upgrades was a really topical way to approach the prevalence of tech in our lives.
There’s some really interesting philosophical and ethical stuff going on in this one, all couched in a quick, entertaining read.
i love when Smoking Wizard Weed With A Wizard In His Wizard Hut is a plot critical moment
medium-paced
I loved this book. Fast paced, captivating, relevant, and full of perseverance. A deeply compelling plot, it felt very similar to Octavia Butler’s unsettling predictive skills. Fantastic afrofuturist writing. I love disability representation and loved this book in particular for telling a complicated and empowered story of a disabled character.
What I most loved about this book was how deeply Nigerian it was. I saw the ending coming probably 1/3 of the way through so that detracted a little from it, but not enough to keep me from enjoying it.