Noor | 
so-soCatching up on reviews from March…🤪
I‘m torn about this one. I kind of liked it. As with all of Okorafor‘s books that I‘ve read, the world-building was amazing and I wanted to explore the world more. The two main characters were fascinating, but I didn‘t feel like I got to know them well enough. And the ending was frustratingly abrupt. It‘s such a short book; it had room for more development that would have addressed the issues I had with it.
so-soI‘d claim Nnedi Okorafor is similar to LeGuin when it comes to the structure of her characters‘ journeys; plus, she is to #sf what #magicalrealism is to fantasy. And while I usually prefer my sf a little harder, the whimsicality of her works and the undeniable freshness of her ideas have their appeal. As with magical realism and fantasy fans, not every sf fan will like this—though if you did, do yourself a favor, and read Remote Control next.
Road-movie plot set in Nigeria with one of the most appealingly stubborn protagonists I've come across in awhile.
FINALLY making some headway for this month's reading resolution (5 books read, aiming for 6 or more)
Fine, two of them are super short (particularly Museum Of Rain) but I'm gonna sit back and enjoy my little victory
#WeekendReads
@rachelsbrittain
1. Just Finished A Dirty Job, reading Along Came A Spider, Listening to To Paradise and These Silent Woods.
2. The tagged book, pretty good.
3. Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
so-soI didn‘t care for this one. The writing felt stilted with no real flow. The story itself is promising and I liked both of the main characters, I just felt like it could have been fleshed out more into a full novel.
I have mixed reactions to this author- I loved the Binti series, but I didn‘t like Akata Witch…. I have two more by her on my TBR shelf, hope they are better than this one.
Venkman and I think all bookstores should have a stamp for books you purchase there!
Starting Noor, my #bookspin for February.
My #bookspin and #doublespin books for February, both highly anticipated! Thanks @TheAromaofBooks , I always look forward to the monthly choices!
so-so#Literati #Audacious
While this is a good sci-fi story it also has much to say about corporations, directly pointing to one that rhymes with Spamazon, corporate greed and how that has consequences for other people in other countries. How these big company‘s power along with support of the government hurts small communities and other small businesses. Also how it can all damage the environment. 👇
Love this dedication. It couldn‘t be more fitting for such an unapologetic story about being who you are no matter what. 💜
pickSet in a near-future Nigeria where the lines between public and private, business and government, and synthetic and organic have blurred, Noor explores what makes us human. This is a story of knowing yourself, owning yourself and finding those who will do the same brilliantly written by Nnedi Okorafor. Be who you are and embrace it with confidence is the perfect message to kick off the new year. (TW: suicidal ideation)
The families gifted me a book card for the holidays. Yay! A new Okorafor:)
pick4 ⭐ Noor are giant red eyes in the sky on top of towering structures. They are the energy producers for the people of the world. This story take place in a futuristic Nigeria. AO is our main character who is half human, half not. Her legs, one harm and part of her head are all robotic due to birth defects and an accident at age 13. She is a wanderer who is just living her life, but one day at the market, she ends up on the run, with a herder
I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 304.
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