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War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi
3.0
Interesting afrofuturism book, dealing with a lot of series themes of what it means to be human, what is a just cause and how one identifies.
Set in a futuristic Nigeria where augmentations, androids etc are common place and uses the Biafra war of independence where Igbo people created Biafra and were fighting Nigeria for independence, but set it in the future. I liked how it portrayed the actions of both sides and showed how war makes villains of all. I enjoyed reading about the psychological impacts of the war on the main two girls, and other interesting side characters and following their paths. At times it felt like things were too connected/too coincidental but I am intrigued to see where this goes in later novels.
Set in a futuristic Nigeria where augmentations, androids etc are common place and uses the Biafra war of independence where Igbo people created Biafra and were fighting Nigeria for independence, but set it in the future. I liked how it portrayed the actions of both sides and showed how war makes villains of all. I enjoyed reading about the psychological impacts of the war on the main two girls, and other interesting side characters and following their paths. At times it felt like things were too connected/too coincidental but I am intrigued to see where this goes in later novels.