Reviews tagging 'Death'

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

103 reviews

vigil's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, War, Xenophobia, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

biobeetle's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Xenophobia, War, and Blood

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

justcallmeemily's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

4.0

It was a fun short read. I'm definitely going to go read the rest of this authors works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

Minor: Genocide and War

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

beetree's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Xenophobia

unfocusedcuriosity's review

challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

 Binti is a really good Afrofuturistic science sci-fi/horror novella that I would definitely recommend. The titular character is a determined young woman with ambition and wit. It was very easy to get attached to her. In turn, it made getting attached to the world a relatively easy feat. I enjoyed learning about the Himba people. I was particularly interest in their connection to the universe and mathematics. We understand why Binti must leave her people behind in the pursuit of her own purpose. My investment in her quest came naturally.

The short format seems to have limit the author's ability to develop certain concepts. However, I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series. I'm interested in knowing where the author takes this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, and Xenophobia

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Racism

Minor: War

avacadosocks's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Death, and Blood

becausebrenna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

I wasn’t sure I was going to like this at the beginning because of the writing style (1st person POV, through the eyes of a 16 year old) but the book picked up about 20 pages in and I ended up really enjoying it! Good sci fi novella, it was a fast read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Suicide and War

book_snail's review

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