Reviews tagging 'War'

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

30 reviews

book_snail's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

VERY good book; I would definitely recommend going in blind for this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Racism, and Genocide

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Death

ellementary's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I wish I liked this more but I just didn't connect. The premise is interesting and the cultural integration and social commentary was really good, but the story never took off for me. I feel like it would have been better as a full novel rather than a novella, personally. I needed more time for this story to bloom.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Gore, Xenophobia, and Racism

Minor: War

ak97x's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Slavery, Xenophobia, War, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Gun violence

miniingrid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

Releerlo en otro idioma es casi como volver a leerlo por primera vez. Y se disfruta igual o más que la primera. Además la edición catalana lleva incluido el relato corto.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: War

grizzlysnack's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Xenophobia, and Racism

Minor: Confinement and War

revengful_mariner's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Murder, Death, and Racism

Minor: War

ka_cam's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

A fast fun short sci fi novella- I thought it had a balanced mix of familiar tropes/themes and interesting twists. Would read another installment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

Minor: War

titch's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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, Blood, Medical content, Genocide, Hate crime, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Violence

tinyjude's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

3.5

I'm not the biggest fan of medusas or these type of animals but it was interesting nonetheless. Sometimes it was a bit repetitive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Genocide, Blood, Body horror, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and War

lustrous_frog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

3.0

I liked the theme and character and concepts introduced, but I would have liked it if the story had more space to develop and explore major events and what they meant to Binti. The ending where

Binti becomes fast friends with the jellyfish dude despite the very very recent mass murder

felt abrupt and underexplained, and really took away from this for me.

I'm definitely going to read the other installments in the series, though, and check out the author's other work too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence