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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
Wildly different from the first book, but still very interesting. I think the pace slowed in a couple places, mainly due to the wealth of information provided about the Oankali. I felt like an alien anthropologist reading this at times, which isn't a complaint, necessarily.
As a standalone, I might not have enjoyed this as much, but it was easy to get through knowing a lot of this is setting up for an exciting final act in the series.
As a standalone, I might not have enjoyed this as much, but it was easy to get through knowing a lot of this is setting up for an exciting final act in the series.
I mostly found this book frustrating. I like Akin as a character but his fixation on the resisters is so annoying. I get that he feels kinship with these humans but most of them are awful and his fixation is likely futile anyway so it feels like the story is dragging along an already dead plot line.
His experience on the ship was the most interesting part and it felt way too short.
Gender concepts were fun in this book but still disturbed by the relationships. Everything is so deeply heterosexual in the worst way. The “no homo” vibes are rancid. Also I know they have to breed but it feels like way too much to me. Let these women rest, damn!
Something I’ve been wondering about is whether or not it’s a plot hole that so many humans are trash. In the first book these people go through rigorous testing and training to decide if they’re even fit to return to Earth. So in theory the best of the best are who ended up there, right? And yet we still have people like Tilden and Neci??? And the raiders who go around trying to abduct women to rape?
Maybe I’m reading too much into a symbolic representation of how shitty humans are but to me it doesn’t make sense in the story. Why would the Oankali just let these people live and hurt each other as well as Oankali children?
His experience on the ship was the most interesting part and it felt way too short.
Gender concepts were fun in this book but still disturbed by the relationships. Everything is so deeply heterosexual in the worst way. The “no homo” vibes are rancid. Also I know they have to breed but it feels like way too much to me. Let these women rest, damn!
Something I’ve been wondering about is whether or not it’s a plot hole that so many humans are trash. In the first book these people go through rigorous testing and training to decide if they’re even fit to return to Earth. So in theory the best of the best are who ended up there, right? And yet we still have people like Tilden and Neci??? And the raiders who go around trying to abduct women to rape?
Maybe I’m reading too much into a symbolic representation of how shitty humans are but to me it doesn’t make sense in the story. Why would the Oankali just let these people live and hurt each other as well as Oankali children?
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The premise of the first one made me really unsettled and uncomfortable, but this one I was having a harder time being engaged. We don't really know Akin like we know Lilith, so I found the POV change to be less interesting and invested.
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
butler is so good but im kind of sad at how rigid constructs of gender feel like they are in this series despite the everything that’s going on with the oankali. very curious to see where imago goes.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated