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Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tọlá Okogwu

6 reviews

mattyb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical content, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Minor: Death, Child death, and Blood

rachelkreadsbookz's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism and Vomit

-Almost drowning is described in detail early in the book -Disappearance of a parent

mothebad's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Racism

Moderate: Vomit

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Bullying, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Vomit

Minor: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Religious bigotry, and War

luciameetsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.5

this was such a cute and fun read

i loved the friendship between Onyeka and her best friend, how deep it was and so full of support and love. i loved how this book is set in nigeria for the second half of it and the different towns we get to see. i loved the different powers we learnt about. i loved a lot of things lol.

the plot was pretty predictable though, but this is a middle grade so of course i was going to guess it easily so that didn't take away from my enjoyment. what did bother me was the way onyeka spoke to her mother and how hurtful she was at times even though her mother did EVERYTHING for her. the disrespect was just too much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

emily_mh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Oh my god what an incredible book!! This book promised X-Men and it delivered. I loved the Academy and the worldbuilding re: the superpowers. The story had a great balance between character development and relationships, and action and intrigue. Speaking of the relationships - the way Okogwu depicted friendship in this book was so wholesome yet still so realistic. My one criticism overall is that I wanted to see more of Onyeka training to master her powers. But this is really just a minor critique as on the whole I thoroughly enjoyed this read and cannot wait for the sequel to come out. 

As a side note, I listened to the audiobook for this one. At first I was nervous as I didn't really like the narrator's (Nneka Okoye's) performance for Within These Wicked Walls. But Okoye did a great job with this audiobook! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, and Racism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Child death, Ableism, Medical content, Abandonment, Colonisation, Blood, and Physical abuse

Graphic warning for missing loved one. Moderate warning for drowning and misogynoir. Minor warnings for disordered eating, the undocumented migrant experience, climate change/global warming, fainting.