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pm_me_book_recs's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Blood, Violence, Abandonment, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry
sapphicsoilscientist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Death and Child death
klbreyfogle's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, and Gore
pyromastyx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, and Child death
doomluz's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, and Car accident
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Cancer
nodogsonthemoon's review
- 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
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Violence, Death, Cancer, Death of parent, Car accident, Murder, and Terminal illness
rokinjaguar's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Death of parent
Minor: Blood and Gun violence
ameliabee33's review against another edition
3.75
I saw a review saying that reading/listening to this book was like reading a tale of an origin of a god, and honestly yeah that is basically it. We get the origin story of Fatima, and how she walks with death. She is a child, confused as to why this power is given to her and eventually doesn't want the answers. She just wants a home, a place that where she can go to stop running. The majority if the time there are some people that are nice to her, because she can do things for them like euthanasia or be a bodyguard of sorts. However no one really, truly wants her to stay, and that sadness permeates throughout the book.
Afrofuturism is such a cool genre and Okorafor is excellent at writing it.
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Child death
aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Car accident, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Classism
Minor: Terminal illness and Sexism
amanda_mh's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death of parent, and Physical abuse