Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs. Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has become the stuff of nightmares. Oomza University has wronged the Meduse, and Binti's stellar travel will bring her within their deadly reach. If Binti hopes to survive the legacy of a war not of her making, she will need both the the gifts of her people and the wisdom enshrined within the University, itself -- but first she has to make it there, alive.
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At the beginning I felt like I was really with binti, experiencing her bravery and trepidations as well as her confusion and fear. But after a strong start to this novella, I quickly became confused and had so many questions that ultimately were never answered.
What are her abilities /what is math harmonics? What does her father do? What is this Relic that she has? Why does it / she? enable her to communicate with the aliens? What is the fight that the aliens have against humans (broadly)? Why was it the heads of the University making... peace treaties? Why did her hair change? Why was her mud essentially magical?
I felt somewhat along for the ride but detached in the face of these unanswered questions
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