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The Stone Sky: “Different choices have always been possible.”

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

April 18, 2026 by beereadsbooks Leave a Comment

The Stone Sky is the third and last installment in the Broken Earth Trilogy. This book is split between Essun and Nassun in the current day and Hoa in the past, which gives us context for how we got to where we are. We know that Essun and Nassun are on a collision course of sorts – they have the same general goal in mind, but with vastly different outcomes. Regardless, this Season and the Seasons in general cannot continue if humans are to survive. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #brokenearthtrilogy, #fantasy, #Science Fiction, afrofuturism, black speculative fiction, n.k. jemisin

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #brokenearthtrilogy, #fantasy, #Science Fiction, afrofuturism, black speculative fiction, n.k. jemisin ·
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The Obelisk Gate: Things get worse before they get better (I hope)

The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

April 1, 2026 by beereadsbooks Leave a Comment

Possible spoilers for The Fifth Season – Proceed with awareness. The Obelisk Gate is the second book in the Broken Earth Trilogy. In this installment, we follow two main stories – Essun and Nassun after each has arrived at a new, but separate, comm and the years that follow. Nassun is Essun’s daughter. Nassun had been taken by her father, Jija, after he murdered her little brother, Uche. We heard of them in the first book, but we officially meet them as they travel south […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #brokenearthtrilogy, #fantasy, #Science Fiction, afrofuturism, black speculative fiction, n.k. jemisin

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #brokenearthtrilogy, #fantasy, #Science Fiction, afrofuturism, black speculative fiction, n.k. jemisin ·
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The Fifth Season: Funny how oppression is never the answer that the oppressors hope it is.

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

February 21, 2026 by beereadsbooks Leave a Comment

A good friend gave me this book a few years ago as a very strong recommendation for the series. Intending to read it right away, I immediately purchased the rest of the trilogy. Then they sat on my shelf for a while. After reading Amina Al-Sirafi, I wanted to dig into Shannon Chakraborty’s trilogy. So, off I skipped to the local bookshop only to find that they had 1 and 3 in stock, but #2 would take a few weeks to arrive. Rather than be […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #brokenearthtrilogy, #fantasy, #Science Fiction, afrofuturism, black speculative fiction, n.k. jemisin

beereadsbooks's CBR18 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #brokenearthtrilogy, #fantasy, #Science Fiction, afrofuturism, black speculative fiction, n.k. jemisin ·
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The fame, the wealth, the surveillance system in her body

Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase

April 11, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I started Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase sometime in early 2025. It took me until March 30, 2025 to read. Not because it was a bad book, necessarily,  but because it was a dense, hard read. There were a lot of descriptions of what was happening (even if it was just trying to get out of bed, let alone the technical parts), cultural references and even the way of speaking that was not what I was used to. The idea of a future where we […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Abused women, African futurism, afrofuturism, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopian fiction, Electronic surveillance, feminism, patriarchy, Social Themes, Tlotlo Tsamaase

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:191 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Abused women, African futurism, afrofuturism, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopian fiction, Electronic surveillance, feminism, patriarchy, Social Themes, Tlotlo Tsamaase ·
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Stepping out of my comfort zone

Noor by Nnedi Okorafor

April 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My review for the Afrofuturism novel, Noor by Nnedi Okorafor AO is part human, part cybernetics. She is an example of how far we’ve allowed technology to become us and we it. We have allowed technology by this futuristic date, to control everything in our lives. Sure, we’ve harnessed clean wind and solar energy but at what price? “Big Corporation” owns everything. The media is controlled and with enough money, lies can be bought as truth. Therefore, in many ways, it is Now (with more […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: afrofuturism, cyberpunk, genetic engineering, Nigeria, Nnedi Okorafor, tradition vs progress

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:179 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: afrofuturism, cyberpunk, genetic engineering, Nigeria, Nnedi Okorafor, tradition vs progress ·
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An Afrofuturist short story trio (part 1)

The Visit (Black Stars #1) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Black Pages (Black Stars #2) by Nnedi Okorafor

Clap Back (Black Stars #5) by Nalo Hopkinson

December 31, 2021 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I was struggling with my Goodreads reading goal until I came across this short story collection, Black Stars. This Amazon Original contains six afro-futurist novellas from Black authors. I’m only reviewing three since I had limited kindle unlimited borrows. I’m sure some of you can relate to this problem. 🙂 I started with Clap Back (Black Stars #5) by Nalo Hopkinson since I just finished her Sandman Universe book, House of Whispers. We enter the story with news headlines about a new haute couture line that […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: afrofuturism, Amazon Originals, Black authors, Black Stars, Black Women authors, canadian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nalo Hopkinson, Nnedi Okorafor, short stories

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:40 · Genres: Audiobooks, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: afrofuturism, Amazon Originals, Black authors, Black Stars, Black Women authors, canadian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nalo Hopkinson, Nnedi Okorafor, short stories ·
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