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Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

38 reviews

jayeless's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Racism, Trafficking, and Racial slurs

There is a sexual relationship between an adult man and a 53-year-old vampire who LOOKS like a prepubescent girl.

vee_nusflytrap's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

One of my favorites! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, War, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, and Grief

Moderate: Incest

redcapediver's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Weird! Let’s pray they never make a movie 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Classism, Blood, Child abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Racism, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Fire/Fire injury

jenny_d's review

challenging dark emotional slow-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

This was... okay. I enjoyed a fair amount of it, but parts of the ethical dilemmas felt kind of half-baked, or not as well explored as they could have been, especially the "it's okay because she only looks like a child but is actually 53 in human years" issue. I felt that it dragged a bit around 2/3rds of the way in. Very informative in regards to the setting, but very slow otherwise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I am so torn. I was so thrilled when I found out Octavia E Butler wrote a book about vampires. I love vampire books. This is definitely a new take on it. The entire book is from the perspective of Shori, our MC. To prevent spoilers I'm just say that her perspective creates a story where she has to learn a lot and you learn with her. I didn't like this. However,  it was necessary to the plot, so it was also very smart for the author. Her writing style isn't what I'm used to, she is much more staccato in her information and building. 

Shori is a 52 yr old vampire that appears to humans as a 10-12 year old girl. The way thay sexuality is discussed with her gabe me a BIG ICK. It honestly made it very hard for me to get through the book at all. Despite that we do learn that she is in fact 53 in vampire years, the author hammers home REPEATEDLY that she presents as a small child. Yet adults of both genders continually sexualize openly. It was something I couldn't get past throughout the book. Without this portion of the story I would have loved it, but I can't get past it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Racism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Grief, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, and Racial slurs

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Violence, Genocide, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Sexual content, Racism, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

Minor: Addiction and Xenophobia

literarylion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.75

Pros:

• Impeccable world-building without falling into the trap of over-description
• Well-paced and engaging
• A unique take on a trope

Cons:

• I wish Butler had continued this in a series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, and Racism