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If I had to choose whether to recommend Akata Witch or Who Fears Death, I’d definitely choose Akata Witch. Because this was basically Who Fears Death but for a much younger audience which means it focuses more on the story and characters without there being a sex scene every two pages.
This book contains all the epic Nigerian mythology that cascades throughout Nnedi Okorafor’s books and I just ate it up. I loved how the people with disabilities were more sensitive to magic and how each disabili ...more
This book contains all the epic Nigerian mythology that cascades throughout Nnedi Okorafor’s books and I just ate it up. I loved how the people with disabilities were more sensitive to magic and how each disabili ...more
Magical realism in Nigeria! Sunny is all things, but at the same time she is completely different than one might expect. She has a long list of descriptors: albino Nigerian-descendant born in America who returned, only to be teased by the local children, she befriends a boy who lives next to a "free agent" who doesn't play by society's rules. Turns out our athletic, smart heroine is a magic user.
This is a well-written, quickly paced magic school story where the students have to stop the bad guy. ...more
This is a well-written, quickly paced magic school story where the students have to stop the bad guy. ...more
Soooo I really love the characters and world building and magic but the big showdown/face off felt unexpectedly rushed and kind of un climatic? I almost would have preferred just being immersed in the world and the daily lives of the four students and not have a “big baddie” at all?
I liked it. I could see my teen self liking this a lot. I'm glad I read one of her works, and can definitely recommend her books to my patrons. Definitely some great magical world building!
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