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Ich finde es schwierig Riot Baby von Tochi Onyebuchi zu beschreiben. Obschon das Buch ziemlich kurz ist geschieht viel und man folgt Ella und Kev über eine lange Zeit. Ich fand die Beziehung zwischen den beiden Geschwistern sehr interessant und mochte allgemein, dass das Thema Familie sehr im Zentrum der Geschichte steht. Doch auch das Thema Rassismus wird sehr interessant behandelt. Ich mag es allgemein sehr, wenn Science Fiction oder Fantasy Elemente benutzt werden um ein Licht auf wichtige Themen zu werfen und dies gelingt Onyebuchi sehr gut. Das einzige womit ich teilweise etwas Mühe hatte war der Schreibstil und dass gewisse Dinge sehr vage beschrieben wurden, wodurch ich teilweise etwas verwirrt war. Dennoch konnte mich die Geschichte wirklich in ihren Bann ziehen und ich kann das Buch nur weiterempfehlen.
4.5/5* On a purely logistical note, this was sooooo hard to come by! So bless my current university's library for bringing this to me. It's important, it's hauntingly realistic and then the last section blindsided me in the best possible way. The prose is not for everybody, I feel; it is erratic sometimes, abrupt, expanding the possibilities of how a sentence can be formed and I feel that connects intimately with the narrative. CW: police violence, racism, the full force of the prison system and Rikers Island, suicidal thoughts, birth and still birth, medical racism/misogyny, death, mentions of rape, physical assault, surveillance state Read for prompt 18 of Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge: Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. (Best Novella awarded by World Fantasy Awards in 2021.)
???? I cried half of the book. I was confused the entirety of the book. I loved how Weird™ this was. I hate how weird this was. I hated the ending. I had to read most parts at least twice to have an idea of what was happening. I’m in awe of this absolutely devastating and harrowing reading experience. In short I have no idea how to rate it or how to feel about it
This is a timely read (which is in itself tragic, and I can't help but wonder for how long we will be saying this) with a very strong and personal voice.I am very happy I read this. It isn't something I would usually chose, because it is marketed as a dystopian story and I don't lean towards this genre a lot. But there is a discussion to be had about how dystopian this story really is. I wouldn't categorize it as such, it is real, which the author has commented on himself.The transitions are hard to follow, I didn't always know how old the protagonists were or how much time had passed between scenes. But although this was a bit confusing, I think it added to the style and voice of the narrative and put the focus on emotions. It was disjointed, very stream-of-consiousness, and it was intended to be. Nothing is polished here to make it "more pretty" or "more appealing", and I think that's a great thing.
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Ich finde es schwierig Riot Baby von Tochi Onyebuchi zu beschreiben. Obschon das Buch ziemlich kurz ist geschieht viel und man folgt Ella und Kev über eine lange Zeit. Ich fand die Beziehung zwischen den beiden Geschwistern sehr interessant und mochte allgemein, dass das Thema Familie sehr im Zentrum der Geschichte steht. Doch auch das Thema Rassismus wird sehr interessant behandelt. Ich mag es allgemein sehr, wenn Science Fiction oder Fantasy Elemente benutzt werden um ein Licht auf wichtige Themen zu werfen und dies gelingt Onyebuchi sehr gut. Das einzige womit ich teilweise etwas Mühe hatte war der Schreibstil und dass gewisse Dinge sehr vage beschrieben wurden, wodurch ich teilweise etwas verwirrt war. Dennoch konnte mich die Geschichte wirklich in ihren Bann ziehen und ich kann das Buch nur weiterempfehlen.
4.5/5* On a purely logistical note, this was sooooo hard to come by! So bless my current university's library for bringing this to me. It's important, it's hauntingly realistic and then the last section blindsided me in the best possible way. The prose is not for everybody, I feel; it is erratic sometimes, abrupt, expanding the possibilities of how a sentence can be formed and I feel that connects intimately with the narrative. CW: police violence, racism, the full force of the prison system and Rikers Island, suicidal thoughts, birth and still birth, medical racism/misogyny, death, mentions of rape, physical assault, surveillance state Read for prompt 18 of Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge: Read a “Best _ Writing of the year” book for a topic and year of your choice. (Best Novella awarded by World Fantasy Awards in 2021.)
???? I cried half of the book. I was confused the entirety of the book. I loved how Weird™ this was. I hate how weird this was. I hated the ending. I had to read most parts at least twice to have an idea of what was happening. I’m in awe of this absolutely devastating and harrowing reading experience. In short I have no idea how to rate it or how to feel about it
This is a timely read (which is in itself tragic, and I can't help but wonder for how long we will be saying this) with a very strong and personal voice.I am very happy I read this. It isn't something I would usually chose, because it is marketed as a dystopian story and I don't lean towards this genre a lot. But there is a discussion to be had about how dystopian this story really is. I wouldn't categorize it as such, it is real, which the author has commented on himself.The transitions are hard to follow, I didn't always know how old the protagonists were or how much time had passed between scenes. But although this was a bit confusing, I think it added to the style and voice of the narrative and put the focus on emotions. It was disjointed, very stream-of-consiousness, and it was intended to be. Nothing is polished here to make it "more pretty" or "more appealing", and I think that's a great thing.