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Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

77 reviews

bucklace27's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content

mandi_lea's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Confinement, War, Gaslighting, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

mrising1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

Devastating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Rape, Slavery, Grief, Genocide, Confinement, Torture, Violence, and Sexual assault

arirose's review against another edition

I can't even begin to piece my thoughts together on this one. I'm not even sure how to rate it, to be honest. I mean, I didn't not like it 🤷 Firstly, the Oankali were made up so well. So disturbing and yet intriguing in physical description, nature, actions and "justifications." Dawn really touches on the concepts of humanity, concent, sexuality, and femininity. I especially picked up on the use of the female body.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Xenophobia, Transphobia, and Homophobia

rivaina's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Racism

loucadoslivros's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

alipp's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

Not sure why but I expected this to be a vampire book! Good start to the series, I did read this after patternmaster & tbh did like that first book of series a bit better. I’ll still read the rest & see how it goes! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

pyromastyx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Violence, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

Minor: War and Child death

mar's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

cool i will be thinking about this forever

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Confinement, and Colonisation

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

this book is difficult to write concrete content warnings for, but consent is a major theme and the book includes many scenes of violated and questionable consent (not just in reference to sex)

readabookmofo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? N/A

4.0

The first in a series, Dawn effectively paved the way for an incredible and memorable trilogy. A big concept with a captivating FMC. This book would permeate my thoughts when I wasn't reading it, which doesn't happen often. 

The topic of sexuality was an interesting one; it puzzled and disturbed me to an extent; but it was welcome! It forced me to ponder the strict ideas of sexuality that are touted in mainstream culture in the U.S. that I've naturally adopted. As with any alien book, I couldn't help but think about what I would do in a similar situation. Dawn takes this a step further with the "trade" that is forced upon future generations of humans. 
 

Butler's writing eventually became repetitive for me, particularly emotions and dialog tags. I think this is intentional, given the plot is somewhat complex. I felt zero chemistry with the love interest, which wasn't a huge deal since that wasn't the focus. 
 

Overall, the first of Lilith's Brood was a tantalizing peak into the incredible mind of Butler. Words can't describe how excited I am to read the next two books. I'm ready for whatever wild ride Butler takes me on! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Favorite Quote: "You are horror and beauty in rare combination. In a very real way, you've captured us, and we can't escape."