annemaries_shelves's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This was my first experience (I think) with Africanjujuism specifically (a term coined by Nnedi Okorafor to describe a fantasy subgenre that "respectfully acknowledges the seamless blend of true existing African spiritualities and cosmologies with the imaginative" (page 129)) and I had a great time reading this.
We follow Chioma while she's visiting her grandmother and great-aunt in their village in rural south-east Nigeria (she's from Chicago). One night during a storm she opens the door to find a boy with his brain exposed... and from there the story starts.
The art and visuals to describe what was happening to Chioma were deeply unsettling and effective as hell. I felt her mounting panic and fear as strange things began to happen and the horrors that she ended up going through. There was so much detail on every page and the artists used colour and format so well.
I'd love for them to adapt more of Okorafor's work in graphic novels because I think her stories really lend themselves to this medium.
Definitely recommend!
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Body horror
bookcaptivated's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Body horror
Minor: Stalking
melliedm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, and Blood
indeedithappens's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Alcohol, Cursing, Confinement, Gore, Medical trauma, Death, Body horror, and Violence
zombiezami's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Body horror, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol
idlereader's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Death
mfieldshalva's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore
leighsnerdlife's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Blood
lettuce_read's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Body horror
bookishjournal1's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Gore