A review by laurareads87
Noor by Nnedi Okorafor

adventurous challenging dark reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Having enjoyed quite a few of Nnedi Okorafor's books, I was happy to finally read Noor.  The story follows AO, a young Nigerian woman who uses several prosthetics and has had numerous cybernetic body modifications, having been born with physical impairments + later having been in an accident.  While some biomedical technologies are accepted in her society (pacemakers, etc.), she is viewed with judgment and targeted with violence for having "too much," being "not person enough."  She ends up on the run, with both government agents and a major corporation in pursuit.  There are a lot of themes here -- environmental degradation, medical abuse, (lack of) privacy, capitalist exploitation, resource extractive colonialism -- as well as an exciting story with a compelling protagonist that kept me interested start to finish.  Recommended.
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