It's rare to find a story that doesn't resemble anything you've ever read. Sure, there are elements of "coming of age" in the Binti trilogy, but they are covered in so many layers of exploration of identity that they don't feel familiar. And that's great. The world needs more unique tales, and Binti's journey is so much more interesting and mind-blowing than anything Joseph Campbell could have imagined with his hero's journey paradigm.