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So I finished reading the Binti trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor (Binti, Binti: Home & Binti: Night Masquerade). A more accurate description would be one novella and two-halves-of-a-novel - which is okay, as they were priced to match.
I think I missed the point somewhere. I mean the first novella won both Hugo and Nebula awards, so someone must think it's good. I might stretch as far as 3/5 for this science-fiction-ish story, but that's only by allowing for the fact that it seems intended for children.
I do think the main character was quite interesting and had a lot of potential, but was let down by a shallow support cast. The same is true of the settings and mathematical magic: so much potential but let down by a lack of exploration. And ditto the central plot: interesting idea with a strong contemporary moral, but let down by inconsistent execution. All of which contributes to the main offence: I never forgot I was reading a made up story.
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