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I really wanted to like this book. It was creative, had interesting characters, and was thoroughly tedious for me to read. I gave it 3 stars because I know it was good, just not my kind of book. I cannot stand China Mieville either. Let me explain.
1. Too many cultural references that I had no clue about and we're not explained til much later if at all.
2. Too many thesaurus words when not needed. He was trying to invoke the feeling of poverty in the location, but used words that even I had to look up, and I read 3-5 books a week and have done so over 50 years.
3. Flash backs, flash middles, flash forwards
4. No continuous story telling. I love good descriptive story. This had none. You had to piece it together from all the flashes.
5. The character was neither likeable or hateable. He was your average Nigerian guy(I guess, not my culture) doing average things in anaverage way when stuff happened to him.
I get this is the new SciFi. People must like it, or it wouldn't sell. I like story telling. It can be scientific, Peter Hamilton is great. It can be about other cultures as long as you don't assume the reader knows that culture. I won't be reading this author again. I don't read China Mieville either. I am sure it is no great loss to either of them.


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Rosewater The Wormwood Trilogy Tade Thompson Books Reviews

Rosewater failed to make me feel much of anything aside from boredom. Most of the novel felt like a dry play by play of events without an emotional basis to keep me engaged. I feel as though there was never even an effort made to engage with me on an emotional level. Not w/ the characters or the world itself. Frankly, I found Kaaro & Aminat to be super bland. And aside from a few minor differences, Kaaro read like the Weston Kogi from Making Wolf, another book I disliked.
The world of Rosewater itself was pretty disappointing as well. I can't say it felt hollow, because Thompson did a fine job making it a part of the book's history, but it never seemed all that fascinating to me. Who knows? Maybe I missed on some of the juicier parts? I did drop it about 65% in. I lost complete interest at that point. He didn't really do much with it in the beginning or at least enough to keep me asking questions, if that makes sense. Suffice to say, the dome itself was not the morbidly fascinating phenomena I hoped it would be.
Rosewater, Nigeria. 2066. Site of the alien biodome. An orb with a mysterious connection to people’s health and a selecting ability to reach into the psyche of others. Tade Thompson’s novel reads as scifi action, cultural inquiry, and deep character examination.

This might seem like a fault as I try to correctly explain it, but it definitely is not. Thomspon’s writing slowly circles the central conflict for the first half of the book. Slowly getting closer to the clues of a series of murders, the reason and the object of Kaaro’s focus. Each piece of backstory in the first part of the book is a filling in, a shading of a most intriguing and unique character. There is present action in 2066 Rosewater, Nigera, and a smattering of snippets over the course of his lifetime. From his childhood as a thief to recruitment to a special dark branch of the government, each small piece explains the nature of his power to delve into other’s minds, his connection to the alien biodome, and his means of deciphering it all.

Highly recommended for all fans of the genre. Looking forward to Thompson’s next book in the series.
Rosewater is a mind-bending novel, one that will have you thinking about it over and again long after you put it down. Ostensibly a first contact story between humans and aliens, it's much more of an exploration of an unfamiliar future culture extrapolated from what I would assume is an unfamiliar present culture for most readers. It's very clear why this novel was shortlisted for the John Campbell Memorial Award.

If you've read other reviews of this novel here, you'll already have an idea of why this novel is so powerful. For me, though, it's the immersion into the world presented that makes the book work. Reading about Kaaro, who is one of the most powerful "sensitives" in this future version of Nigeria, is an intense experience, but he's just the right viewpoint character for the mystery and the world-building Tade Thompson presents. I highly recommend this book.
Science Fiction and Fantasy genres are teeming with writers and items these days. BUT... unique voices? Not very many. I am not busting or harping on quality. If you have been reading the genres as long as I have, you notice that they tend to dissolve into one another. Sometimes the memory of a read is fleeting soon after. It just happens when there are too many overlapping themes, views, or voices.

Rosewater destroys those notions. It is memorable. Unique. Terrifying. Complex.

It will rattle complacent readers with time jumps, an international tone, and a weary narrator. It will push you immediately out of some comfort zones. Rosewater is not your typical read, nor your standard North American centric view of the world.

It is a much-needed divergency on the classic trope of alien contact. A deep thought-provoking spin on the effect on society, and society's impact on the visitors.

Now add sharp dialogue, powerful imagination, and a narrator who isn't exactly the most reliable or noble, and you have a grand work that is a much-needed breath of fresh air full of fungi and Xenomorphs. You might need some pack some Clotrimazole.

So get reading.
Well. Where do I start?

One, it's an amazingly well written book. Two, it does something *new* which I have not seen before, and I read a lot of sci fi.

The main character is pretty dang cool. He's a criminal, a coward, a badass, a non-hero, in all the most interesting places. The book moves forward and backwards in time through his life, and jumps around, but I didn't have much trouble keeping track of when I was.

I had to look up a few words, which was cool. I love learning new stuff in my fiction.

If you want something fresh, this is it.
I really wanted to like this book. It was creative, had interesting characters, and was thoroughly tedious for me to read. I gave it 3 stars because I know it was good, just not my kind of book. I cannot stand China Mieville either. Let me explain.
1. Too many cultural references that I had no clue about and we're not explained til much later if at all.
2. Too many thesaurus words when not needed. He was trying to invoke the feeling of poverty in the location, but used words that even I had to look up, and I read 3-5 books a week and have done so over 50 years.
3. Flash backs, flash middles, flash forwards
4. No continuous story telling. I love good descriptive story. This had none. You had to piece it together from all the flashes.
5. The character was neither likeable or hateable. He was your average Nigerian guy(I guess, not my culture) doing average things in anaverage way when stuff happened to him.
I get this is the new SciFi. People must like it, or it wouldn't sell. I like story telling. It can be scientific, Peter Hamilton is great. It can be about other cultures as long as you don't assume the reader knows that culture. I won't be reading this author again. I don't read China Mieville either. I am sure it is no great loss to either of them.