With thanks to Gollancz and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC!

What an incredible read. This book is compelling and had me hooked from the first few chapters. This book is fully of messy flawed characters that are so utterly human.

I loved Zelu. I am disabled, and a lot of Zelu’s frustration with her family rang true for me. The words were so real and raw that there were moments when I had to step away for a moment. There are entire scenes where I held my breath, eager to see what Zelu would do next. Her determination leapt off the page.

And of course, that ending. So clever, and made me pause to rethink the entire book. I loved it so much.

I’m going to be talking about this one for a while, and picking up the rest of the author’s books.

It's a rare thing when you end a book and you feel the urge to start all over again because the second read will be totally different, as you know how it ended.

Death of the Author is that kinda book. Nnedi Okorafor did it again. She mixes African Futurism (I hope this is the right term) with sci-fi and mind blowing plots, while at the core showing us humanity and connection in all its beauty.

On top of that, it's a book within a book, and it's a piece on publishing industry and marketing. Something I really love.

I encourage you to definitely read to the end, as only then will you know how everything connects. And it connects in ways that are truly mind blowing.

5/5 stars

Thank you @netgalley and @orionbooks @gollancz for the eARC!

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Unfortunately this is one of those times that the writing style just didn't personally work for me. The concept was really cool and the characters seemed very interesting. But I found myself constantly rereading sentences because the way this was written just really confused me.

I tried this from 26/11/24 to 29/11/24. DNF at 26%. This was absolutely fine but I just didn’t connect to it. Zelu has a very strong narrative voice and I appreciated the Nigerian influences in this but I’m just not interested enough to continue. It was just boring to me and I’ve not had the best look with this author before so it’s definitely a me problem. This does seem fresh though and seems to be unique. Plus I appreciate the disability representation.