![]() This was the underlying theme of Binti: Home and I was a bit surprised to discover that this situation was going to be leaned on again. Once again, Binit’s identity expands outside herself, and she struggles to figure out who she really is. I spent some time thinking about what argument Okorafor might be making on the nature of war or diplomacy, but the fallout of certain major events and their non-resolutions left me wondering why certain themes were included in the first place. ![]() Okorafor seems to agree, as she describes the resolution of one of the major mysteries as “anti-climactic.” Not every plot point needs to have a grand reveal, but this choice felt like there wasn’t much effort to plan or solve this mystery from the start. ![]() Unfortunately, Binti: The Night Masquerade disappointed me in many of these areas.Īlthough Nnedi Okorafor’s elegant prose and imaginative ideas on culture and futurism are once again on display, there were several major plot points that seemed to dissolve into nothing. ![]() There were many reasons to look forward to the conclusion of this trilogy: we were left with an exciting cliffhanger, some new revelations about the nature of Binti’s past, plenty of forward momentum on some of the bigger mysteries left to tell, and strong developments in Binti’s maturity and self-realization. ![]() I enjoyed the Nebula and Hugo award-winning Binti very much and thought the sequel, Binti: Home, was even better. ![]()
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