The concluding part of the highly-acclaimed science fiction trilogy that began with Nnedi Okorafor’s Hugo- and Nebula Award-winning BINTI. Binti has returned to her home planet, believing that the violence of the Meduse has been left behind. Unfortunately, although her people are peaceful on the whole, the same cannot be said for the Khoush, who fan the flames of their ancient rivalry with the … ancient rivalry with the Meduse.
Far from her village when the conflicts start, Binti hurries home, but anger and resentment has already claimed the lives of many close to her.
Once again it is up to Binti, and her intriguing new friend Mwinyi, to intervene–though the elders of her people do not entirely trust her motives–and try to prevent a war that could wipe out her people, once and for all.
Don’t miss this essential concluding volume in the Binti trilogy.
The Binti Series
Book 1: Binti
Book 2: Binti: Home
Book 3: Binti: The Night Masquerade
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Nnedi Okorafor writes captivating science fiction and fantasy. The Binti trilogy as well as Akata Witch and Akata Warrior have astounded me, and I’m amazed at her world-building ability and her portrait and characterization of protagonists Binti and Sunny.
The final installation in the Binti trilogy, The Night Masquerade, kept me just as captivated as Binti and Binti: Home. Binti and Okwu are lasting characters, and, while I often struggle to picture alien creatures, Okorafor excels at painting pictures of the Himba, the Meduse, the Khoush, and the different creatures and characters Binti befriends along the way.
Okorafor has been compared to Octavia E. Butler, but I personally find Okorafor’s worlds more captivating and easier to picture and understand than Butler’s complex universes, like that in Dawn.
Binti is an admirable, memorable character, and one that younger readers and adults alike have and will continue to embrace with excitement. I highly recommend this whole trilogy, as well as the Akata Witch series, for any sci-fi and fantasy fans.
I think this is probably the best of the trilogy. There were a few worldbuilding things I wanted more of in the first two books, and this one gave us that and more! I think the best parts of this are the weird aliens, who still obviously have their own characters and lives. All the bits and pieces got tied up satisfactorily for me, and I loved the more in-depth connection with the characters from the last two stories.
This one took me by surprise. My wife read it before me, and I gave her updates on my progress – the ups and downs, the oh nos and the phew, that was close – as I read it. Yes, she put up with me.
While there are loads of wonderful characters, I have to say New Fish stole my heart.
How do you as reader feel after reading the last book in a trilogy?
Do you wish you can continue in that fictional world? Are you glad it’s over? Or are you still trying to process what you read?
I will admit that last question in the previous paragraph is where I’m at with the Binti Trilogy. I just finished Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor. It is the final book in this novella trilogy. I’m not sure if I totally understood what I read.
Binti returns to her home planet and believes her family has been killed in an ongoing conflict between several warring factions. Also, she has seen this mysterious figure called The Night Masquerade and wonders if there’s a connection to the ongoing conflict on her home planet.
Okorafor writes a readable novella. However, I always felt as a reader a distance from the main character. I don’t write that as a criticism. Just as a reader observation. I read for character (as well as setting) and their journey to overcome the obstacles their story presents. I could never totally embrace Binti’s journey as a main character. As a reader, I felt that I was behind a plexiglass watching a character go through the story instead me of participating alongside the protagonist.
I’m glad that I read the entire trilogy and I believe it is a good coming-of-age, space opera trilogy. Science Fiction fans should definitely read these books and Binti: The Night Masquerade does bring the series to a solid conclusion.
“Everything is so complicated and connected, I thought. Everything. And nothing is coincidence, or so my mother used to always say. The space between my eyes stung. “Used to.” No longer. I walked faster.“
Binti Ekeopara Zuzu Dambu Kaipka Meduse Enyi Zinariya New Fish of Namib embarks on the biggest journey of her life: the journey within. New frontiers will be explored. New connections will be made. Old enemies will be hard pressed to accept changes that she,a master harmonizer, will bring about. But what of that will resonate within?
So many things have happened to force maturity: death, war, resistance, resignation, acceptance. All these things are going on in Binti and her friends. Their true definitions of what it means to BE are rewritten
This is the finale of the Binti trilogy. In some ways it is reminiscent of a “messiah story”. This last book is too hard to write a review of without spoilers. You’ll simply have to read all three to see the overarching mythos Nnedi Okorafor is presenting. As a 62 year old retired minister,I may see things differently than others do. I hope so. Highly Recommended 5/5
[disclaimer: This is a library book]
Binti’s story comes full circle. She is no longer a girl leaving home to find herself but is a woman who comes home and transforms herself; she stands up for herself and for peace. I was not expecting Binti’s identity to become even more complex in Binti 3. Nnedi Okorafor outdoes herself here. It was solid ending to a fascinating trilogy. Can’t wait for more of Nnedi’s books to come out. She has become one of my favorite authors.
Because it’s hard to talk about this installment without spoilers, all I’m going to say is that, based on the other two books, Night Masquerade ended differently than I thought it would. Still a fantastic read.