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Lagune by Nnedi Okorafor

21 reviews

wirt's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Okorafor brings to life a brilliantly fantastical world under the water in Lagos, Nigeria, crafting a magical yet jaw clenching story. Ayodele is an alien creature who comes as an ambassador for her kind after they land in the water off Bar Beach in Lagos, and three perfect strangers meet with her there.

From this point on, the city is in pure, unadulterated chaos, and Okorafor takes us from scene to scene fluidly, flowing between the character's POV and the unique POVs of many other creatures. Lagoon is both enchanting and horrifying in all its parts, a real adventure from beginning to end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Blood

blackbird2210's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This one was intense and fascinating. I greatly appreciate an alternative to the typical narrative. I will say there is much violence in this book, but there is magic too, and hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse

mxpringle's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I really wanted to love this book, and I had really high expectations, but it just fell a little flat for me. I felt like the first third of the book really gripped me, but after a certain point it just felt like the same sequence of events were being taking place, just with different audiences each time. However, I do really appreciate the political and social commentary that this book added that made it much more complex than simply an alien invasion story in Lagos.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

cookiecat73's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Islamophobia, Car accident, and Outing

Minor: Death of parent and Colonisation

scytheria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, Outing, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity and Slavery

gilnean's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Excrement, Police brutality, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Colonisation

_lostinthetrees's review against another edition

This is a book I have to turn into the library that eventually I would like to finish, but I'm just not in the mood for at the moment, partially because of the content warnings I mentioned below. The premise, outside of those things that are included, make for an interesting read. I will update when I actually finish the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Religious bigotry

the_bees_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Great for fans N KJemisin and Octavia E Butler, a fascinating piece of afro futurism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Police brutality

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Sexual violence

rexpostfacto's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

amandaquotidianbooks's review against another edition

This has a lot of dark things happening with the human characters and not as much to do with the aliens. It didn’t seem like the second half would be anymore enjoyable as the first half and I’m not in the headspace for such a dark book right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual assault