Usually when I review a book that’s already been covered on CBR multiple times, I try not to read anybody else’s reviews until mine is written. This time, however, I read everything the search function could find for me. I remembered from headlines that some people loved this Hugo/Nebula-winning book, and some people did not. I listened to the audio version on my way to Thanksgiving, and enjoyed it, so was curious what others thought. I think the audio version may have helped, having Binti […]
Not what I was expecting
Spoiler warning! In my explanation of what worked and didn’t for me in this story, I will be going into plot specific details. If you want to approach this story completely unspoiled, you may just want to read the first few paragraphs. Binti is the first of her people, the Himba, to be offered a place at the Oomza University, the finest in the galaxy. She pretty much runs away, knowing that her decision to take her place at the university might mean she is no […]
We prefer to explore the universe by traveling inward, as opposed to outward
Binti So something that I really liked about this novella is that there is almost no world building. This will come up in another review I will be writing later too. Too often, a new inventive world is described in a too detailed way where simply telling the story and setting up what we need to know as we go will be much much better, and there’s a more satisfying story that way. And so this one does. The only real issue I have with […]
Tentacles Everywhere
Binti has been on my TBR pile for a long time, so when someone suggested it for the Vaginal Fantasy give-Veronica-some-suggestions-for-January vote, it voted for it and was really pleased when Veronica picked it for the January book I was pleased. I will note, it’s a bit off brand for Vaginal Fantasy as it doesn’t contain a romance at all, but I’m ok with that. I’m… not really sure how I feel about it. It was fine, but it didn’t really draw me in. One […]