Reviews

Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler

iamdoug's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.0

alsoapples's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

turtletats's review

2.0

I'm glad I read this last in the series, wouldn't have continued if it was the first. A very anti climactic ending to the patternist books, where the first 2 were both just shy of 5 stars for me.

I'm pained to rate any book by butler so low but.. yeh

savaging's review against another edition

3.0

I think I'm reaching a conclusion, and it's that I don't love Octavia Butler's books. The gender stuff is rough. This book at least has a queer character, but still women are almost always the property of men. Hierarchies are deeply entrenched and inescapable. We don't spend much time with anyone at the bottom of the ladder.

This book did make me appreciate Clay's Ark more, seeing how she went back to flesh out these people a little.

nanno_lib's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

4.0

tarynneitup's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

loungeking's review

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.0

kathrynmhairi's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

szrikem's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

littlepepperguy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark

3.5

Felt the most discounted from the series. Like between novels the world had gone thru the apocalyptical thing and is circled back around to dark ages.