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A review by deepakchecks
The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson
5.0
The previous volume Rosewater established the world beautifully, and finished with the alien Wormwood trying to establish a foothold in earth, and the main protagonist Kaaro, a trained sensitive, stopping to work for the government. In this volume, the flavor is different, more action-packed with multiple conflicts, with at least four different viewpoints and narratives.
One narrative is Aminat's who is being prepped for a space travel, but then is assigned the task to bringing in a person with high xenoform count. This person is Alyssa, whose viewpoint is also explored which leads us to an understanding of how the alien intends to colonize earth. There is the viewpoint of Anthony who has been taken over by the alien and is in the search of other human species to colonize. There is a political angle as well, in which the Mayor of Rosewater, Jack Jacques, unilaterally declares Rosewater an independent city-state and this leads to a war with the Nigerian government. Kaaro enters these proceedings and being the only sensitive who can communicate with the xenosphere, is tasked with protecting wormwood.
With the world building already established in the part 1, the freshness-factor was missing in the second volume, nevertheless a very fast paced and immersive work.
One narrative is Aminat's who is being prepped for a space travel, but then is assigned the task to bringing in a person with high xenoform count. This person is Alyssa, whose viewpoint is also explored which leads us to an understanding of how the alien intends to colonize earth. There is the viewpoint of Anthony who has been taken over by the alien and is in the search of other human species to colonize. There is a political angle as well, in which the Mayor of Rosewater, Jack Jacques, unilaterally declares Rosewater an independent city-state and this leads to a war with the Nigerian government. Kaaro enters these proceedings and being the only sensitive who can communicate with the xenosphere, is tasked with protecting wormwood.
With the world building already established in the part 1, the freshness-factor was missing in the second volume, nevertheless a very fast paced and immersive work.