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dustydigger
Posted 2026-04-03 4:04 AM (#34657 - in reply to #33734)
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Location: UK		Didnt have the greatest enthusiasm for Nnedi Okorafor's Binti trilogy. I first read Binti a few years ago. It was OK a young adult sort of flavour about a young tribal woman who is the first of her insular very trditional tribe to go off to university on a distant planet. But during the space flight aliens slaughter everyone but Binti. Pleasant enough but nothing special IMO but it won bothe Hugo and Nebula for best novella so what do I know? lol
I didnt like it enough to continue the series but this year is the year of award nominees so I reread Binti and continued the series.
Binti: Homecoming was more interesting as she returns to her home world. We learn much more about the tribal tensions etc and there was a more intricate plot so I enjoyed this much more and looked forward to the final Binti:Masquerades of Spring. Oh dear i wasnt keen on this. It seemed haphazard almost incoherent and confusing..I previously tattempted another of Okorafor's books,cant even remember which, and gave up after a couple of chapters. I dont really enjoy either her style of subject matter,so sorry,bye bye Nnedi!

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