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Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements by Walidah Imarisha, adrienne maree brown

4 reviews

kenley11's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racism, Violence, Murder, and Rape

maddiebusick's review

challenging dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Racism, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Death, Racial slurs, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Genocide, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Trafficking, Violence, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Racism, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Hate crime, and Sexual violence

kshertz's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Slightly difficult to rate a short story book 😅. Some were 1s and some were 5s! But overall I really liked this collection. I love the invention of this new genre of visionary fiction and I would love to read more in this genre. It really made me think, reflect, feel deep, change, and reignite my passions. I think it’s a great book for anyone who loves science fiction and is social justice informed. These stories are for you. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Genocide, Confinement, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Slavery, Rape, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Police brutality, and Racism

laurareads87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

I love the concept of Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements: "Organizers and activists dedicate their lives to creating and envisioning another world, or many other worlds--so what better venue for organizers to explore their work than science fiction stories?" [Imarisha 3].  My favourite novel of all time is one of Octavia Butler's, so I was bound to pick up this collection.  There were contributions I really appreciated -- a few short stories I really enjoyed, and Tananarive Due's essay remembering Octavia Butler I'm really grateful to have read -- however, overall, the collection reads very inconsistently.  There are some gems in here, but quite a lot of the stories feel unfinished -- more like summaries of ideas than completed works of fiction, stronger in concept than execution.  I commend the authors for sharing their work -- many are first-time fiction authors and I think that makes this collection one to celebrate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape