A review by chippyreads
Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Zelda Knight, Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

 

A fantastic SciFi anthology full of 32 amazingly different voices and stories from African authors. I really enjoyed how I would read one story, put the book down and come back days later and be in a completely different world. Anthologies are always a fun read for me and I don't regret reading this one in small doses, in order to absorb each story individually. 

As with anthologies it’s difficult to rate each story individually, but decided to rate 5 stars due to the opportunity of finding a next favourite author, or 32….

Please go into this book cautiously, as some of the darker stories can be triggering to some. StoryGraph has a list of potential triggers but as the book is so new (released Nov 2022) not a lot of people have been able to contribute to the content warnings and trigger list. 

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan-Tor/Forge, Tordotcom for an eARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

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How I rate books

1- I disliked this book very much. Highly unlikely to read this author again

2- Eh. I didn't hate it. Might give the author another go

3- It was fun

4- Amazing and would read again

5- I'm in love. Give me more right now!