Reviews

Imago by Octavia E. Butler

gallifreiyan's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

mildwoman's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

3.0

salemander's review against another edition

4.75

this book made me feel so weird!! i am so conflicted!! it is so expertly crafted but i don’t love the way that disabilities are dealt with and the way we delve into such confusing relationship dynamics but do not really confront queer identities. definitely an amazingly done story but i wanted a little more out of some of the topics that were dealt with for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

annetteskye's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

lleullawgyffes's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

thepaperdesert's review against another edition

adventurous

5.0

peytonm's review against another edition

5.0

Jodhas becomes the first ooloi born to a human mother (Lilith), and it can't control its abilities yet. The Oankali fear it will hurt humans, but Jodhas' family doesn't want it to go back to the ship. Instead, Jodhas journeys to find humans and encounters two from a strange community. And guess what? They're both fertile! The concept of humanity and xenophobia were explored tremendously well.

Octavia Butler once again knocks it out of the park with this one. This series was so weird and wonderful!

rosie_mermaid's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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

noel_rene_cisneros's review against another edition

4.0

La exploración de las sensaciones oankali y su percepción continúa, esta vez, aunque hay hambre por alcanzar a los humanos, estos aparecen más distantes. No deja de maravillarme la capacidad imaginativa de Butler para crear este mundo postapocalíptico, en el que la humanidad ha sido rescatada por una raza alienígena. El planteamiento de los tres sexos oankali, aunque interesante y revelador, aquí me parece constreñido por sus mismas limitaciones (¿por qué Butler sólo imaginó para los humanos la posibilidad de unión entre un hombre y una mujer? ¿por qué, aunque existen los ooloi, ese binarismo complementario existe entre los oankali? ¿por qué sólo la dimensión progenitora es la que da sentido y por qué no hay otra forma de vincularse más allá de la familiar conyugal?

lordcuervo's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0