A review by mar
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

adventurous tense fast-paced

3.0

this book has great potential and AHH I wish it was full-length novel! the integration of Himba culture with sci-fi was absolutely incredible, and I really liked the aliens in this story, the author did a great job making them feel actually, y'know, alien. still, the plot felt too rushed even for a novella, so the events happen too fast to have any emotional impact, and the worldbuilding was really cool but felt kinda too bare-bones at times, rarely going into as much detail as I wished. considering the thing that bothered me the most was that the world wasn't explored in enough detail, i'll definitely be picking up the other two books, especially since they're both longer, so hopefully won't feel like they're moving too fast. this feels like the sort of trilogy that should be read and judged as a whole.
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