Reviews

Octavia E. Butler’s one of most astoundingly beautiful and cruel works. The apocalyptic future she painted in this book made me shiver in the dark, the realism foreboding. But as in her fashion, she always gives us glimmers of hope, and in this book the light to guide the way that if we choose to see, is community. Also a very clever way to check protagonist’s power and adding (even more, lol) tension to the plot with that special genetic mutation. Do give a read if you love sci-fi and are/or looking for sci-fi that’s brutally honest but not gratuitously graphic, and grim for grim’s sake.

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reinedumonde's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

2.5

alexsiae's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

meredith_w's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

3.0

This is a book I didn't like, but I'm glad I read. I understand why so many people liked this book - and I can acknowledge it's a good, well-written book. I didn't connect with the protagonist, and I didn't care about the development of the Earthseed movement. The dystopian world in this book was exceptionally bleak and miserable, I didn't want to spend time in it - it was an effort to finish the book.

pwalusimbi's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

cortg15's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

caitsreads_'s review against another edition

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dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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