jzacsh@bookwyrm.social reviewed Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
cool on-foot super hero
4 stars
Reads like an origin story (a horrifying one) for a cool new super hero.
160 pages
English language
Published April 1, 2021
Remote Control
4 stars
(3 reviews)
The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From hereon in she would be known as Sankofa--a name that meant nothing to anyone but her, the only tie to her family and her past.
Her touch is death, and with a glance a town can fall. And she walks--alone, except for her fox companion--searching for the object that came from the sky and gave itself to her when the meteors fell and when she was yet unchanged; searching for answers.
But is there a greater purpose for Sankofa, now that Death is her constant companion?
loppear reviewed Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
Grim and playful
4 stars
A young girl feared and revered, itinerant and immersed in an afrofuturist Ghana as an agent of Death. Unavoidable analogies to war, war-torn displacement, child soldiers, but the sum is more optimistic.
