2.43k reviews for:

Binti: Hogar

Nnedi Okorafor

4.02 AVERAGE

thewarbler's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

pumpernickle's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

casuallybookishemma's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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I adored this leg of Binti's journey. Returning home and discovering parts of herself she didn't know was very bittersweet. 

visual_echo's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

withanhauser's review against another edition

3.0

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My feelings about Home—the second book in Okorafor's Binti trilogy—are more or less the same as my feelings about Binti. Both books showcase Okorafor as a creative writer, who aptly raises important issues (e.g., the pressure to conform to communal norms; racism against those we don't understand), in a science-fiction setting. At the same time, both books also suffer from the same writing problems—an overly even tone, somewhat two-dimensional characters (Binti's family only exists as people that are upset at her), and a difficulty describing characters' emotions (Okarfor seems to always only describe how people physically experience emotions (e.g., by weeping)). The books read well together—Binti demonstrates Okorafor's ability to reveal by looking outside our world; Home does the same, by looking further inside our own world. Still, I'm not sure there's much else going on in these books that makes them worth reading.

camille_is_reading's review against another edition

5.0

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Ebook
Augh, I can't-- I just-- **downloads the 3rd book**
GO AWAY, I AM READING.

shinobipaws's review against another edition

4.0

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Haiku
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The call of home strong
Meshing change with narrow minds
Harmony within
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Anger writhes like snakes
Old frictions in new buddies
Equations rhyme on
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In the desert wake
Before the trauma, the death
Bias, hurt and light

frasersimons's review against another edition

4.0

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I found this to be even more interesting than the first book. The only thing that was so-so for me was that it started out a bit slow. After that, it begins to do a lot of world-building that was very cool and introduces a plot that outshines the original.

troydavidson01's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amadu579's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated