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smoladeryn 's review for:
Noor
by Nnedi Okorafor
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
FINALLY. A transhumanist story that centres the disabled experience.
When I was fourteen and newly broken by the car accident, I realized that there are times when you either save yourself or you don’t. It’s only up to you…
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“The problem with you,” Force said, “is that you’re so used to pain and discomfort that your definition of feeling okay is not the greatest indicator of being okay”.
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Phenomenal disability representation. I’m not sure I’ve ever read anything that resonated with my experience of disability quite so profoundly.
So much so that I could look past one of the biggest flaws in the plot and call this a perfect story. The hole being that why would Ultimate Corp need to create deformed/disabled children when there’s already so many in the world born every year?
But, I really don’t care. Gods I love those characters and everything they go through. Especially the very special cows, Carpe Diem and GPS.
The imagery throughout such a short novel is mind bendingly brilliant too.