Recently finished and recommend Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor aka @nnedi. I haven't read everything she's written, but everything I have read I've liked a lot, so I'll certainly read the second book in this series. She writes everything from "good for adults too YA" like the Binti stories to "very much NOT for youth" like the superb but intense Who Fears Death. Shadow Speaker lies somewhere in between, I'd say, and I enjoyed it a lot.
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@nnedi Okorafor is a gifted character writer especially. Her protagonists and other key figures are always striking and memorable. She describes her approach or vision as Africanfuturism and it's powerful, one that exists on its own terms, not defined in relation to historically mainstream western SFF. This context difference is for me a very welcome and enriching, and certainly sometimes humbling, one. There's an enormous sense of dignity and strength to her characters 🧵 #sff#Books#bookstodon
Shadow Speaker itself is an interesting book because it's one of those that refuses to choose between science fiction and magic. You can read a synopsis at the link, so I won't recap it, and I wouldn't dare give away more of the plot, because a lot happens. Suffice it to say that if the description interests you, go ahead and grab it, you'll probably like it. And if that story idea doesn't grab you, check out her other books instead.
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