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Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

37 reviews

ellechen48's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Car accident, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Death of parent

justcallmeemily's review

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

destinied's review

challenging dark sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

Thus far, this is my favorite novella of 2024. I know it’s still early in the year, but I’m fairly certain it will be one I think of often. The vivid descriptions, the wonderful color describing futuristic African culture, the language, and the emotional journey the protagonist goes through is stunning. I will definitely be adding as many books by Nnedi Okorafor to my reading list as possible 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Chronic illness and Car accident

annamorgan27's review

challenging dark emotional 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Death, Blood, and Body horror

pm_me_book_recs's review

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

doomluz's review

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

valent1ne's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Car accident

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

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