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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First things first what the f was that ending now I'll have to read imago too that's not fair.
Secondly what we're getting at here is that human resistance hate oankali they think of them as ugly little worms. They treated our protag weirdly and always hoped to have a "pure human baby" and could never really accept a semi human/oankali baby as one of their own. And the protagonist loves and is willing to fight for resistance because they've been done wrong bec they got their exclusive human only reproductive rights taken away and they want no mixing with the oankalis. Which they got stripped off of because they were violent not understanding the gravity of the situation that their wars led to the destruction of the earth and other humans and yet they were still fighting when saved. And they're SAing women. And so I am supposed to feel bad for them? Because as the protagonist suggested, "Their anger is misplaced. They're innocent". And I tried to see public opinion. Most of them believed that Oankalis were colonizers? I mean sure they're a little weird and want humans to subsume with their genetic material sort of. But once again humans brought it to themselves by acting like a bunch of idiots by wreaking havoc by all and any violence that could be possible. What was the first thing they did in a bunch of years of making towns? They made GUNS. Woww. Oankalis gave them an option to either have humans survive as a race together with oankalis which would soon technically kind of degrade into an amalgamation or perish as they already were because of the war that they had or they could go to MARS and they STILL HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT. So literally while resistance is planning on how to kill Oankali we see people who live in Oankali villages and "thinking they're betraying their own kind" "Hoping they were part of resistance" It's just weird. Atp I hope they had left the humans to die. And I go on reddit and see all these people in favour of the resistance. Like buddy you're exactly the kind of person who would've killed lilith. Anyways tell me I'm playing devil's advocate Idc. I stand by my point. It's atrocious.
Next, I like the Oankali consensus and then give Akin the right to do whatever he could.
Finally it felt like it ended just before it got interesting. And honestly I might even be pushed to read Imago now. I like world building. I like hating on humans.
Also especially how it made me feel weird and conflicted. The human contradiction felt just as real and it made me confront uncomfortable things. It started strong and dragged midway then suddenly became extremely interesting near the end.
Secondly what we're getting at here is that human resistance hate oankali they think of them as ugly little worms. They treated our protag weirdly and always hoped to have a "pure human baby" and could never really accept a semi human/oankali baby as one of their own. And the protagonist loves and is willing to fight for resistance because they've been done wrong bec they got their exclusive human only reproductive rights taken away and they want no mixing with the oankalis. Which they got stripped off of because they were violent not understanding the gravity of the situation that their wars led to the destruction of the earth and other humans and yet they were still fighting when saved. And they're SAing women. And so I am supposed to feel bad for them? Because as the protagonist suggested, "Their anger is misplaced. They're innocent". And I tried to see public opinion. Most of them believed that Oankalis were colonizers? I mean sure they're a little weird and want humans to subsume with their genetic material sort of. But once again humans brought it to themselves by acting like a bunch of idiots by wreaking havoc by all and any violence that could be possible. What was the first thing they did in a bunch of years of making towns? They made GUNS. Woww. Oankalis gave them an option to either have humans survive as a race together with oankalis which would soon technically kind of degrade into an amalgamation or perish as they already were because of the war that they had or they could go to MARS and they STILL HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT. So literally while resistance is planning on how to kill Oankali we see people who live in Oankali villages and "thinking they're betraying their own kind" "Hoping they were part of resistance" It's just weird. Atp I hope they had left the humans to die. And I go on reddit and see all these people in favour of the resistance. Like buddy you're exactly the kind of person who would've killed lilith. Anyways tell me I'm playing devil's advocate Idc. I stand by my point. It's atrocious.
Next, I like the Oankali consensus and then give Akin the right to do whatever he could.
Finally it felt like it ended just before it got interesting. And honestly I might even be pushed to read Imago now. I like world building. I like hating on humans.
Also especially how it made me feel weird and conflicted. The human contradiction felt just as real and it made me confront uncomfortable things. It started strong and dragged midway then suddenly became extremely interesting near the end.
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
Incredibly insightful as Butler always is!
So, so fascinating and complex. Ends on a bit of a cliffhanger.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Really liked this, though it was fast in the beginning and fast at the end, and kind of sagged in the middle. No idea how to describe this. Had a lot to say about the humanity. Very peculiar in some ways.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Xenophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Violence
Minor: Gun violence, Rape, War
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I did not connect with this book as much as the first but I stuck with it and am interested in finishing the last one.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
i really need to read illness as metaphor as a companion to this. also reflecting on butler's fascination with space, bioessentialism, and the tension between nature vs nurture
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated