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Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

102 reviews

thenoboshow's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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gossamer_lens's review against another edition

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

3.25

I wanted to love this one. Many choices in the writing of this just felt odd. With how short the work was it was surprisingly repetivie in its reminders of certain things and events while whole themes were left undeveloped. The main characters reactions to events felt hollow and unalive. The central conflict didn't feel reasonable or very well considered. And there was a moment where the main character was reciting her adventures to a group of others (giving us more redundancy and repetition) and I just was struck with how much more interesting it would have been to have the story as that moments narration instead of how it was actually laid out. 

I'm giving it over a 3 star because the world was interesting enough and the book kept me hoping for more at all points. It just didn't deliver what I thought it could deliver had some more polishing of the narrative and consideration of the key conflict and narration style been taken into consideration. 
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julesadventurezone's review against another edition

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challenging inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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scandalabra's review against another edition

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tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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nerdysread's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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

I didn't know anything starting this book, and honestly, that's a good thing. This is a good story. Maybe I was expecting more action, but it would have been too much. So yeah, a good surprise. Sometimes I felt a bit lost, but I think it's more because I was reading it when I needed to sleep than because of the book
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alexalily's review

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adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious 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

5.0

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lollymac's review

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adventurous informative tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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vigil's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

it clearly was trying to do something it really didn’t succeed at. suffers from being a novella for sure. and the prose is a bit bland for my tastes, though the story ideas are interesting. i might read on but not right now.
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