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I have mixed feelings about Noor. I loved the world-building to bits! Okorafor did such a fantastic job developing everything about AO's augmentations and how they worked as well as the presence Ultimate Corp throughout and their influence over everything and everyone. The social commentary regarding that was excellent and I loved how it was done and all of the twists exposing who they really were and what they were capable of.

The rest of it, though? I had a few issues with how stiff the dialogues felt at times and how underdeveloped the characters were in terms of personality--backstories they all had and they were pretty complex and intriguing.

I also wasn't a fan of how the plot abruptly jumped around a bit when it came to action or big reveals. It felt like we were going somewhere and then everything took a very sharp turn to some other place within a few lines. It was very jarring during some chapters and it took me out of the story.

Regarding AO's character, I was at times uncomfortable with the way disability was addressed? I understood that the basic premise was AO having a bunch of necessary body augmentations, but I didn't think it was necessary for her character to refer to and frame her own disabilities as if she were a monster and/or less and inferior because of them. The word "crippled" was also thrown around. It just rubbed me the wrong way.

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ARC provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.