Thoughts on Tade Thompson’s Rosewater

Jennifer R. Povey
3 min readNov 24, 2021
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I read an excerpt from Tade Thompson’s Rosewater some years ago and liked it enough that I bought myself a copy last Juneteenth. And then didn’t get around to reading it until now.

The Concept

Rosewater centers around an unusual alien incursion. The aliens are huge and smash into planets and infect them.

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Jennifer R. Povey

I write about fantasy, science fiction and horror, LGBT issues, travel, and social issues.