A review by dllh
Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor

adventurous fast-paced

3.5

This was a good read. I liked the premise of

intersecting worlds

and the varied cultures, even though some of the cultures felt sort of hand-wavy. I liked some of the trappings of Ginen (e.g. the idea behind the architecture) but also felt like these things didn't make much sense. That's ok to a point -- it's speculative, futurist literature -- but as world building, I felt it lacked depth and felt simply stated rather than established in a way that felt earned or real within the world of the story. Still, I enjoyed it and will read the follow-up. I've liked all of Okorafor's work so far.