Remote Control in SOULar Powered Afrofuturism Reading Group

Jan 19, 2021 Monica **can't read fast enough** rated it really liked it

Shelves: black-writers, fantasy-for-real

One of the things that I appreciate about Okorafor's writing is her ability to completely and quickly immerse me into her stories and characters which is why she is among a handful of authors whose novellas I can count on to be satisfying. Remote Control explores how a really young girl comes to know and accept unexplained powers and the fear and reverence it brings when she doesn't understand it herself. I'm a fan of characters taking a literal and/or emotional journey in order to figure out th ...more

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Dec 10, 2020 Thistle & Verse rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: scifi, set-in-africa-or-african-inspired, 2021-sff-releases

What's it like to grow up as the most powerful person you know? Sankofa's powers elicit fear, which isolates her and gives her the leverage to demand most of the things she wants. What's it like to confront the one entity who could harm you?

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Apr 26, 2021 Shannon (That's So Poe) rated it really liked it

This novella is so immersive! It's beautiful, atmospheric, and so filled with isolation and loneliness as our main character wanders from place to place trying to find that which can make her belong again. I think this likely has layers upon layers of meaning beneath each of the episodic encounters in the story, although a lot of it went over my head. I still really enjoyed my time reading this, though, and would definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys something slower and more contemplativ ...more

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