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A review by logarithms
Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
3.0
I'll b real this book must've gone way over my head cause I don't get the idea.
It just feels like this book doesn't really cover...anything? There were sparse bits that would've been interesting fleshed out, but just kind of weird just left without development (her grief over losing her home followed by returning to find it changed, the people using her as a tool to protect themselves/scare away others, the nature and origin of the seed, the line about africa being used as a testing ground for new tech, the bioengineering company, the robot/surveillance, etc etc) (also the robocop felt kinda goofy. like come on its just a traffic light with a humanoid body what use does it have) (well ok. I'll rephrase this. I get what was being covered in this book but I just didn't find it interesting or ...new?fresh? idk just not for me)
The writing was v cool tho. Great imagery (like i can imagine an artsy film w a mega wide screen of this novella. 10/10 would watch on jelly telly). also I listened on audio and the narration was super engaging so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
It just feels like this book doesn't really cover...anything? There were sparse bits that would've been interesting fleshed out, but just kind of weird just left without development (her grief over losing her home followed by returning to find it changed, the people using her as a tool to protect themselves/scare away others, the nature and origin of the seed, the line about africa being used as a testing ground for new tech, the bioengineering company, the robot/surveillance, etc etc) (also the robocop felt kinda goofy. like come on its just a traffic light with a humanoid body what use does it have) (well ok. I'll rephrase this. I get what was being covered in this book but I just didn't find it interesting or ...new?fresh? idk just not for me)
The writing was v cool tho. Great imagery (like i can imagine an artsy film w a mega wide screen of this novella. 10/10 would watch on jelly telly). also I listened on audio and the narration was super engaging so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.