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The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor

27 reviews

joanna_banana's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

The was my favorite of the Binti trilogy! I suppose it’s the book where it all comes together but even still. It was the longest and I felt like I knew Binti better and the Himba people and how they relate to others around them. Very timely commentary on war and how there are disputes no one can even remember why they are fighting they just believe the stories and hate passed down generation to generation. I was a little surprised in parts - a few twists and I wasn’t sure how it would be resolved, if at all. Okorafor has made an incredible world with so much detail. I want the Binti movie!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Violence, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Gore, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Murder, and War

tessatea333's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Just, wow! What a stunning series and beautiful close to the trilogy. I am in awe of how carefully and intricately woven this story was, and it inspires me to find hope where it feels impossible. Thank you Nnedi Okorafor!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Violence

Minor: Racism and Medical content

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Gore, War, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, and Body horror

avacadosocks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

Moderate: Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Xenophobia

miniingrid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

Relectura de la trilogía de Binti acabada. Esta vez en catalán, y seguida (todo lo seguida que se puede hacer con poco tiempo para leer en papel).
Me he vuelto a emocionar, he visto la historia con una perspectiva ligeramente diferente y la he vuelto a disfrutar probablemente más que la primera vez. Los cambios son parte de la vida, y a veces solo nos falta verlos con la perspectiva y la compañía adecuada, y en el momento preciso para saber apreciarlos.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, War, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Bullying, Colonisation, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

queenkath32's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

A pretty good conclusion to the series, although I felt like I called the twists about

the deaths of Binti's family not being real, as well as her own death not being permanent

from a mile away. Not bad, necessarily, but then it just didn't feel very high stakes. That being said, while I usually find the final book in a series to be unsatisfying, The Night Masquerade offered me a satisfying conclusion to this trilogy, so I still say that I liked it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, War, Xenophobia, and Violence

catalyst226's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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

4.0

This may have been my favorite of this trilogy! The storytelling kept hold on me from start to finish and had me quite emotional at times. If you like sci-fi, pick these up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: War and Death

Minor: Xenophobia

readingrainbowroad's review

adventurous 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

thoughtsontomes's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

This was a strong conclusion to this series and my favorite of the trilogy. Thematically, it wrapped up very well and I enjoyed the themes explored of identity and family. This was a great experience on audiobook as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Racism, War, and Misogyny

Moderate: Death

mar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Gore