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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
Really fuck the Oankalis all my Homies love Akin and les opposants !
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
challenging
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Xenophobia, Kidnapping
Moderate: Child abuse, Incest
Minor: Animal death, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
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
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Lillith's legacy of compromise and moderation continues with her son Akin. On the one hand, his experience navigating between the two races is more difficult, since he's constantly exposed to danger, but on the other hand, he is universally less hated than Lillith was. I like this because it's an interesting re-assertment of hatred for black women in particular (though at times it's kinda ham-handed with the "Lillith" allusion).
I am a little confused as to what Akin's more smooth and negotiable social interactions with both the humans and the Oankali signified (other than intolerance for Lillith). What does it mean that the first human-born male construct is more capable of leading both species to a compromise?
Perhaps it's a message as simple as "it takes time?" The other option, which I'm a little worried about, is that it leans toward a kind of biological religion: that "intelligence" isn't enough to stave off humanity's "hierarchical" tendencies, so we have to depend on the reproduction for redemption. The book's continuation of its oddly heteronormative human couplings helps support this theory. Just one person who's not straight; I'd even take an Oankali at this point. That's all I'm asking.
I am a little confused as to what Akin's more smooth and negotiable social interactions with both the humans and the Oankali signified (other than intolerance for Lillith). What does it mean that the first human-born male construct is more capable of leading both species to a compromise?
Perhaps it's a message as simple as "it takes time?" The other option, which I'm a little worried about, is that it leans toward a kind of biological religion: that "intelligence" isn't enough to stave off humanity's "hierarchical" tendencies, so we have to depend on the reproduction for redemption. The book's continuation of its oddly heteronormative human couplings helps support this theory. Just one person who's not straight; I'd even take an Oankali at this point. That's all I'm asking.
challenging
reflective
tense
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
Adulthood Rites started strong—it took the plot of Dawn in a number of new and interesting directions. There are a lot of ideas in here that are more relevant today in the era of the acceleration towards AI-driven transhumanian. It has important things to say about what it means to be human and whether humans can overcome their limits. But about halfway through the plot becomes too rushed and much of the book is a series of dialogues. I wish it were much longer and the second half had been given the time to breathe that it deserved.
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
tense
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
An amazing second installment!
One of the main themes in this series is the “human contradiction” aka humanity’s intelligence paired with its destructive need for hierarchy (gender, race, etc) which ultimately dooms the human race… humans just can’t seem to stop killing each other…
The main character Akin, being both alien and human, is one of the first of his kind. He uniquely understands both species…by the end of the book, he has begun a movement to give humanity another chance to start over, while understanding that it will probably be doomed…
yea that’s heavy hope
One of the main themes in this series is the “human contradiction” aka humanity’s intelligence paired with its destructive need for hierarchy (gender, race, etc) which ultimately dooms the human race… humans just can’t seem to stop killing each other…
The main character Akin, being both alien and human, is one of the first of his kind. He uniquely understands both species…by the end of the book, he has begun a movement to give humanity another chance to start over, while understanding that it will probably be doomed…
yea that’s heavy hope