Reviews tagging 'War'

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

37 reviews

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, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

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, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Blood

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: Death, Racism, Xenophobia, and Murder

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: Death and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

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

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

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

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: Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

thecatconstellation's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

4.5

A quick sci-fi read with some fantasy notes. I really enjoyed this and am excited to read the others in the series. Interesting characters and plot. Mix of quick plot progression and introspection about identity and home.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Racism, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: War

jessthanthree's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia, War, and Injury/Injury detail