The Night Masquerade

Short Review: This is conclusion to the short trilogy that starts with Binti. All three together are less than 500 pages, so I think they will likely be packaged together as a single volume eventually. Of the three, I think the first and the last are best in different ways. The first was unique and gave a sense of the different type of scifi book that Okorafor was writing. It was new and fresh. The second had important character development and wasn't bad, but was an extension of the first more than a stand alone story. The third is not stand alone either, but I think is very good in a different way. The exploration of what it means to be a part of a group, or an alien, and how cross cultural communication works and does not work and how your own family and community can at times can be more alien than the aliens is well done.

I am looking forward to reading some of Okorafor's other books.

My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/night-masquerade/