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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
Ah Binti. It's been a few years since I read the first installment. I'm pleased to say 'Home' answered questions that 'Binti' didn't quite. Binti herself is fragile, homesick, a girl apart everywhere. 'Home' explores this more while also pushing our MC into a more fracticious state. There's not much here plot-wise especially since it ends in a cliff hanger. I appreciate the Binti Saga more for the world building, yet I hope to see Binti come into her own in the third (and final?) Installment.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
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:
Yes
Okay! Book 2. Audio. I still stand by the fact that this books are best consumed via audio.
I’ve settled on this being science fiction (not a genre I’m familiar with so took me a minute to place it lol).
Not a book I’d attempt to explain or describe. Get someone else to do it because I’d make a hot mess of it every time I tried lol.
I like the social commentary described through various event along the main characters journey :
Showing how much bigger the world is and you can’t see it unless you’re curious enough to explore
But doing so means you have to be resilient enough to push past those who want to keep you in place for their sake but say it’s for yours. And to also keep the status quo
It shows how one may see themselves as open minded and curious because they are comparing themselves to their closed minded network. However, as shown, that doesn’t mean you don’t have deep prejudices that need to be deconstructed, as we saw with the main character. I like how the book forced her to remove the excuse of that’s how she was raised because she had already had exposure but continued the same prejudicial thoughts anyway.
Story also showed the complicated pain and excitement of losing your people but also finding new people to call your own. But in doing so you feel you never quite fit in. Which means you have to know YOURSELF WITHIN those groups or forever feel lost and disconnected.
I’ve settled on this being science fiction (not a genre I’m familiar with so took me a minute to place it lol).
Not a book I’d attempt to explain or describe. Get someone else to do it because I’d make a hot mess of it every time I tried lol.
I like the social commentary described through various event along the main characters journey :
Showing how much bigger the world is and you can’t see it unless you’re curious enough to explore
But doing so means you have to be resilient enough to push past those who want to keep you in place for their sake but say it’s for yours. And to also keep the status quo
It shows how one may see themselves as open minded and curious because they are comparing themselves to their closed minded network. However, as shown, that doesn’t mean you don’t have deep prejudices that need to be deconstructed, as we saw with the main character. I like how the book forced her to remove the excuse of that’s how she was raised because she had already had exposure but continued the same prejudicial thoughts anyway.
Story also showed the complicated pain and excitement of losing your people but also finding new people to call your own. But in doing so you feel you never quite fit in. Which means you have to know YOURSELF WITHIN those groups or forever feel lost and disconnected.
pretty good, definitely less self-contained than #1, but i liked where it went. think it's interesting that like, aside from binti being like an Outsider from the dominant earth culture, she is also that within her own people due both to her life choices and also her parentage. i enjoyed meeting her family, wish we could have a little more of the college but like, understand why we didn't
adventurous
emotional
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:
No
adventurous
funny
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
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Nnedi Okorafor again shows why she's a leading light of science fiction: inventive, fascinating world building combined with incredible depths of emotion and subtle yet effective narrative.