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Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

nicolembradbury's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

_maren_'s review

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Octavia Butler is unmatched when it comes to Weird™ sci-fi. Only 4 stars because not all of these are equally good but there are some stories in here that blew me away. Her mind…

theabsolute1's review

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reflective medium-paced

4.0

lilaceous's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

characters - ⭐️
plot - .5⭐️
engaging to read - ⭐️
would recommend - ⭐️
would read again - ⭐️

surprising and fascinating. some stories are more noteworthy than others, but none of them are disappointing.

gingerbright's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

angelicaro's review

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reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

thatsgreatalex's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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chloes_books's review

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mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

zalford's review

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mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

klparmley's review against another edition

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5.0

Good stories

I wish some had been longer. Better still, novelized.

I wish she was still here so I could tell her how much I enjoy her work.