Death of the Author
Jan. 8th, 2026 07:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearI've been a bit hit or miss with Nnedi Okorafor books in the past, but I thought Death of the Author sounded really interesting so I decided to give it a try. But it didn't grab me at all and I nearly gave up on it quite early on.
It follows Zelu, a disabled woman of Nigerian descent, who writes a sci-fi novel that becomes incredibly popular, giving her sudden fame and wealth.
It's not badly written in any way - but the blurb gave me expectations about the story that weren't fulfilled, and then the story itself gave me other expectations that also weren't fulfilled, which made the whole experience rather disappointing.
I really wasn't that keen on Zelu as a character, and I found the extracts from the book within the book really boring. I was invested enough by the halfway point to see it through and the last ten minutes of the audiobook were quite clever. It also had some well0portrayed themes about disability and privilege that raised some interesting questions. But it really didn't do much for me overall.
It follows Zelu, a disabled woman of Nigerian descent, who writes a sci-fi novel that becomes incredibly popular, giving her sudden fame and wealth.
It's not badly written in any way - but the blurb gave me expectations about the story that weren't fulfilled, and then the story itself gave me other expectations that also weren't fulfilled, which made the whole experience rather disappointing.
I really wasn't that keen on Zelu as a character, and I found the extracts from the book within the book really boring. I was invested enough by the halfway point to see it through and the last ten minutes of the audiobook were quite clever. It also had some well0portrayed themes about disability and privilege that raised some interesting questions. But it really didn't do much for me overall.
