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by Nnedi Okorafor, Anne Flosnik
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cindywho
cindywho rated it 13 years ago
The story is more dark fantasy than Post-apocalyptic. There is no reference to the outside world beyond the existence of computers and the author's reference to Sudan as a country. A sorceress of prophecy has a difficult life as the child of rape and mixed race, and she becomes as violent as her w...
In the Stacks
In the Stacks rated it 13 years ago
Full review at: http://sffbookreview.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/nnedi-okorafor-who-fears-death/A wonderful and unique book that totally took me by surprise and left me happy, sad and wanting more, all at the same time.
Saturdays in Books
Saturdays in Books rated it 13 years ago
I’m a little surprised by how much I enjoyed this book given that she’s done two things I normally hate. And yet, here I am breathless and in awe. What an experience. Thing one: Whiny teenagers. I hate them in life. I hate them even more in prose. That’s just a part of life that is high on pointles...
Pants' Books & Stuff!
Pants' Books & Stuff! rated it 14 years ago
(this review was originally posted on my livejournal blog: intoyourlungs.livejourna.com)***WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD***As per usual, this was a book I read for a book club in which I had no idea what to expect. I had never even heard of this title before, despite its awards, nor had I ever come across...
wealhtheow
wealhtheow rated it 14 years ago
Onyesonwu is the outcast child of a mother who cannot speak above a whisper. Her skin and hair clearly mark her as Ewu, a child of both Nuru and Okeke, a combination despised by Nuru and Okeke alike. Her gender makes the only sorcerer in the village unwilling to teach her. And her shapeshifting a...
Merle
Merle rated it 14 years ago
I'd heard good things about this book. But between its poor structure, its infuriating outdated tropes, its overpowered heroine and its all-too-easy magical solutions to real-life problems, I'm left wondering why so many people like it. Who Fears Death is a post-apocalyptic fantasy novel, set in a f...
Will's Reading List
Will's Reading List rated it 14 years ago
A fable that is both tragic and filled with fantasy – a spirit tree towering outside the entrance to a tent; a entire village turned blind; spider packs moving in glyphs to protect only the women -- Who Fears Death is thick with imagery in its otherworldly pilgrimage through an ever-present racism a...
anderlawlor
anderlawlor rated it 15 years ago
I am so excited about Nnedi Okorafor!Who Fears Death is one of the best SF books I've read in recent years. I won't spoil, but if you like shapeshifters, speculative future earth, feminist awesomeness, and smart storytelling, read this and tell me what you think. Caveat Reador: If you are likely to ...
ambyr
ambyr rated it 15 years ago
A number of reviewers have talked about how they struggled with how dark the book was; how difficult it was to read accounts of rape and genital mutilation and racial genocide. There would, I think, be something wrong with me if I didn't find reading about that sort of thing viscerally unpleasant, b...
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