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A review by honeyreads1066
Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Looking back after listening to this I liked it a lot more than I did when I finished it.
This book follows Sankofa who walks the streets of Ghana with a green glow meaning death on her way to find the object from the skies that gave her these powers.
This story is so much more than just a story about a girl. It explores, culture, death, fear of the unknown, religion and what it means to be human. I got a lot more out of this story than I originally anticipated.
Sankofa is written extremely well, you sympathise with her and also understand why she does what she does and she is written as you would expect a 13-year-old to be written. I loved how though she isn't perfect and wholly good you still feel for her in almost a maternal way.
I thought the other characters were written beautifully as well and felt 3 dimensional.
Also, the setting was rich with culture and felt like a very real place. I found it extremely easy to visualise exactly where Sankofa was and the descriptions helped me create an image without being overboard.
The thing I'm not too keen on was that at parts things just felt very slow. Had the narrator not been so good I think it would have taken me longer to finish this or I would have dropped it and come back. I understand why the story went the way that it did but there were some sections I wanted more on instead of the others.
Overall, I enjoyed this and I'm very glad that I listened to it rather than read it. It's a good realistic and short sci-fi set in a place one wouldn't expect. I would absolutely recommend it.
This book follows Sankofa who walks the streets of Ghana with a green glow meaning death on her way to find the object from the skies that gave her these powers.
This story is so much more than just a story about a girl. It explores, culture, death, fear of the unknown, religion and what it means to be human. I got a lot more out of this story than I originally anticipated.
Sankofa is written extremely well, you sympathise with her and also understand why she does what she does and she is written as you would expect a 13-year-old to be written. I loved how though she isn't perfect and wholly good you still feel for her in almost a maternal way.
I thought the other characters were written beautifully as well and felt 3 dimensional.
Also, the setting was rich with culture and felt like a very real place. I found it extremely easy to visualise exactly where Sankofa was and the descriptions helped me create an image without being overboard.
The thing I'm not too keen on was that at parts things just felt very slow. Had the narrator not been so good I think it would have taken me longer to finish this or I would have dropped it and come back. I understand why the story went the way that it did but there were some sections I wanted more on instead of the others.
Overall, I enjoyed this and I'm very glad that I listened to it rather than read it. It's a good realistic and short sci-fi set in a place one wouldn't expect. I would absolutely recommend it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent and Child death