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Jan 30, 2021
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As other reviews have pointed out, this is a sci-fi folk tale rather than any sort of hard sci-fi. For me, that was a plus. I enjoyed the mystery of Sankofa's powers (although I'm still not clear where the term "remote control" came from), and I thought she was very powerful as a main character. I loved the way the timeline skipped around a bit, speeding up and slowing down though several years of Fatima/Sankofa's life. Listening to the story be told aloud was an especial treat - Adjoa Andoh is,
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This was fine. I didn't find it very riveting. There wasn't a ton of plot. I think maybe it was going for themes of identity and home, but I'm not sure. The theme did not come across very strongly to me. I don't have any strong feelings about it.
Sexual violence? No. Other content warnings? Death, abandonment, social isolation, religion, animal violence. ...more
Sexual violence? No. Other content warnings? Death, abandonment, social isolation, religion, animal violence. ...more
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This is the birth of a myth, the death of a child, the way a story is made. When a young Ghanian girl's mysterious seed is stolen, her rage and pain kills her village, leaving her to walk the country in search of it. The shock of what happened drives her to the forest, to live alone and live from the land. Eventually, her search for the seed sends her to the roads, walking after it for years, through villages and towns. Her legend spreads, the a ...more
This is the birth of a myth, the death of a child, the way a story is made. When a young Ghanian girl's mysterious seed is stolen, her rage and pain kills her village, leaving her to walk the country in search of it. The shock of what happened drives her to the forest, to live alone and live from the land. Eventually, her search for the seed sends her to the roads, walking after it for years, through villages and towns. Her legend spreads, the a ...more
I'm fascinated by this world and story, but also this is the kind of book that teases you with hints and leaves you to figure out what they mean.
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