I'm so happy to have experienced this book, to have experienced these characters and the raw, bleeding love that they feel for their city, for their country, for each other. Lagos, its gods and roads and people are absolutely 100% necessary to the existence of this novel and Okorafor has done this so well it's stunning.Įverything Okorafor builds in this book is important and connected but never contrived. A sense of place, the place as a character, as a necessary character. Possibly one of the strangest novels Ive written. Its just Nigerian.' Then I stopped being defensive and had to s Nigerian, but yeah, its damn strange. The city is integral to this story and that's something, I think, fantasy and sci fi need more of: place. I wanted to be annoyed with being on this list, lol. You feel the wet visceral love in every word: how love is possible for a city violent and dangerous and yet beautiful and hopeful and upsurging. Each character is so deftly woven, so carefully and precisely written you're sure you've known them for far longer than this book.Īnd beyond the characters, Okorafor's Lagos is a wonder. You feel them they crawl up into your brains and into your guts and heart and carve out spaces-you question them, you question yourself and you understand. The people Nnedi Okorafor created exist in this relatively slim volume but they are as real and enduring as any characters that span over triologies. I think we forget what a single book can do but this book reminded me. We see stories as spread out over pages and time, expansive with plenty of room to breathe and unfurl. Reading the joyous thoughts of a giant swordfish made me cry.Īs readers of SF/F I think we become used to series. So let's get this out of the way: I loved this book.
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