This week reading is Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. The character and the culture setting is really interesting. The Nigerian culture and the albino girl. The setting makes me interesting in this book. But the story is not as unique as the setting.
The story is similar to some fantasy novel for the teenagers. In this kind of story, they always have a kid who feels not fit in the school or their family. They may be bullied by classmates or not have the good relationship with his family. And all this will change because the kid realizes she is a wizard or has the certain superpower. And this kid usually is the key to saving the world. This kind of stories is usually popular in the teenagers. I guess teenagers usually feel they are not comfortable with anything. They feel they are not fit into the class, family, and friends. Same as the character in the story.
In this story, the little girl finds out she has magic power and goes to a magic school, just like Harry Potter. The story also needs a villain in this magical world. They both use magic but in the good way or bad way.
I like this story but I feel is a little too similar to the Harry Potter.
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