Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

30 reviews

almostqualified's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Xenophobia, and Terminal illness

eni_iilorak's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence and Animal death

Minor: 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

aformeracceleratedreader's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This is my 4th book from Nnedi Okorafor (I read the Binti trilogy), and I loved it maybe more than the previous books from her. Fatima/Sankofa had such a challenging life, and I was so invested that I wish this was not just a novella, but a little longer. Okorafor really knows how to write a story that is engrossing and pulls you in that you want to know more. Such a quick read that for me was totally worth it. I will continue to look forward to whatever Okorafor writes!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Terminal illness and Sexism

araehop's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

A gem of a story, perfect pacing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Violence, Gore, Bullying, Abandonment, and Murder

freckled_frog_boi's review

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Physical abuse, Child death, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, and Gore

montereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fatphobia

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

dark tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Vibrant and dark and get straightforward and honest, as all I've read by Nnedi Okorafor is. I love the way she builds her world - futuristic science fiction that feels extremely accessible with magical characters who are who they are. They're formidable Nigerian women like Sankofa, kind and brave and fierce and struggling with all the odds stacked against them. They always persist, like Sankofa. Nnedi Okorafor's writing is strong and compelling, easily able to bring the reader into a story and I loved it. Another fantastic work, and I expect no less.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Animal death

Minor: Physical abuse and Grief

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Child death, Physical abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Animal death, and Car accident

Moderate: Body horror, Gun violence, Cancer, and Blood

Minor: Sexual violence and Kidnapping

berglindsh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Animal death