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366 reviews for:

Somadina

Akwaeke Emezi

4.2 AVERAGE

meg_kloustin's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

himalaya's review against another edition

4.0

I thought this was a great younger-YA fantasy! I’m not really the audience and didn’t entirely connect to it but I think it’s good. Has some rich worldbuilding inspired by Igbo culture and the biafran war, explores complicated families and being different from the norm, and exile from home and community.

strawberry_lace's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-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

kaniiks's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional sad

This was my first time reading a Y.A book by Emezi and it was really fun. The magic systems were wonderful, the setting was lovely. The bonds between characters were emotional and evocative.

I’ve only ever read their adult books before and I loveeee the poetics of their writing which is something I missed in this a bit (the writing was still good, but it was for younger readers)but that was expected given the target audience.