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After the Rain by Nnedi Okorafor

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lilaceous's review

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

characters - ⭐️

illustrations - ⭐️

effective storytelling -

engaging to read - .5⭐️

would recommend -

i could be wrong, but i think that in adapting this short story to a graphic novel, not enough was changed. the constant text narration and explaining take away from the natural ability that the illustrations have to convey the emotions and events that are occurring. the characters and the premise are interesting, but i think it was poorly executed.

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annemaries_shelves's review

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adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

Damn this was good.

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!

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bookcaptivated's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

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

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melliedm's review

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dark tense fast-paced

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

A great story with great artwork, but there’s something lost in the translation to graphic form here. A stilted inconsistency between the text and the art where it feels like their don’t work in harmony together.

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indeedithappens's review

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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zombiezami's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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librarylove4eva's review

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

A beautifully drawn, atmospheric story. Elements of horror, mystery, fantasy. Very nice. To be expected from Nnedi Okorafor. Graphic novel adaptation of Okorafor's short story.

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