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A review by the_wendybirb
Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-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
3.25
I enjoyed many pieces of this series. It's a very different style than any other sci-fi book I've read. Meditative at times, slow moving, tense, with living ships and telepathic links to aliens.
But it struggled with fleshing out the world. Some "hows" and "whys" can be brushed aside, but there were ALOT of these that I just couldn't get out of my head. The last book, Night Masquerade, was particularly guilty of this. I think that story tried to be too much.
All in all it was fun, and I'll probably revisit the first couple of stories in the book.
But it struggled with fleshing out the world. Some "hows" and "whys" can be brushed aside, but there were ALOT of these that I just couldn't get out of my head. The last book, Night Masquerade, was particularly guilty of this. I think that story tried to be too much.
All in all it was fun, and I'll probably revisit the first couple of stories in the book.
Content Warnings
This is where I'm putting my spoiler-y rant about the plot I didn't like.
I hate the trope that has characters DNA changing them into multiple other species to bring about peace. By the end of this series, Binti is a Himba girl with alien tentacles, Space Fish microorganisms and telepathy passed on from an alien race that visited Earth. Plus - after all the trauma she's been to, she's now permanently tethered to Space Fish, pair bonded to a former enemy and smooching a boy from earth. She deserves peace and definitely didn't get it. No matter how much she puts on a brave face to come to terms with it.