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cat under blanket with copy of Rosewater by Tade Thompson

What if first contact didn’t involve any actual contacting?

Rosewater by Tade Thompson

February 1, 2023 by Bothari43 2 Comments

This was an interesting story with an interesting protagonist. My favorite part was that the main character kept insisting he wasn’t a hero, and acting accordingly. Very much chaotic neutral, with a little bit of a good guy slant. My least favorite part was the time jumping. I got a little confused with what was happening now, vs. several layers of flashbacks. Aliens are an accepted fact of life, although nobody knows much or can do much about them. Something crashed into Nigeria, made a […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: chaotic neutral, Lagos, Nigeria, psychic abilities, Tade Thompson, Wormwood Trilogy

Bothari43's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: chaotic neutral, Lagos, Nigeria, psychic abilities, Tade Thompson, Wormwood Trilogy ·
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this book derailed january for me, in some ways, and put a dent in 2022 reading :/

Rosewater by Tade Thompson

March 12, 2022 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

This is the first in a trilogy, so I feel bad in faulting it for being incomplete, but this just felt very incomplete in a way that frustrated me (and, as you can see by how long it took me to finish, it also put a real dent in my reading for January). This novel has a cool set up and a mishmosh of genres, and of course I am all here for any sort of scifi novel that entirely sidesteps centering Western norms for […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Tade Thompson, wormwood

wicherwill's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Tade Thompson, wormwood ·
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I am now a Tade Thompson fanboy

December 8, 2018 by Dusty Highway Leave a Comment

The Kinokuniya bookstore above Shinjuku Station in Tokyo has become one of my favorite stores for its excellent selection of English-language books. They have a really good sci-fi/fantasy section, and on a recent visit, they had a whole rack dedicated to recent award winners where I noticed the winner of a new award for African speculative fiction — the Nommo Award — and was intrigued enough to buy a copy.  And let me just say that if there’s a better science fiction book this year […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #CBR10, African fiction, fantasy, Nigeria, Nommo Award, Rosewater, science fiction, Tade Thompson

Dusty Highway's CBR10 Review No:65 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #CBR10, African fiction, fantasy, Nigeria, Nommo Award, Rosewater, science fiction, Tade Thompson ·
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