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This was a beautifully immersive sci fi novella. It reminded me a lot of Octavia Butler's short stories in Blood Child. That being said I feel this story was done a disservice by being a novella. I think it had the potential to be so much more impactful if it had been a full length book.

smileykylie's review

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adventurous hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

drridareads's review

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2.0

This was a pretty short read. While I do like short books this was way short.
What upsets me is the most is that it had so much potential. The world building was absolutely amazing.
I personally did not connect to this book at all. I felt absolutely nothing. I honestly don't even know why anyone besides Binti were even given names they could've easily been refered to as "friends" or something.

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I tried to remember those names when they first showed but then oh well they all just died. I felt like there was no charactet development, not even for Okwu.
I also feel like the part where she's starving could've been elaborated (besides many other parts) to make the reader feel something
Everything resolves so freaking easily.

I guess if everything were was a little more developed and if there were some actual failures by Binti, I would've enjoyed this a whole lot more.

tatyanavogt's review

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5.0

So I typically shy away from sci-fi stuff so I wasn't super excited to pick up this book. So it was a surprise that the first few pages had me put off a little bit, not sure what I was getting myself into.

BUT boy did I love this book, now I dont know if its because I like sci-fi more than I thought OR if its just because this book specifically is awesome but I loved it. Its a novella of about 90 pages so it was really quick to read, the pacing was great, the story was interesting and I'm SUPER exciting to read the next book.

I dont know what to say that wont spoil anything and since I went into it having NO clue what it was about I sort of think thats the best way to approach it. Hopefully you'll enjoy it just as much as I did. Futuristic tribal women, space travel, aliens, and all kinds of other stuff. It was cool.

maggiegirouard's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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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hayley_anderson's review

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adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

2.75

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