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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
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:
Complicated
The Onakali really freak me out. This is pretty solid book though that really gets you thinking about humanity. I will probably take a break from the series though before finishing the 3rd.
adventurous
challenging
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:
Complicated
The storyline has continued in a glorious way. Using Akin as a character to bridge the Oankali/Ooloi and Humans was genius, it made for a very pleasurable and enjoyable read. Similar to the first in the trilogy, Butler writes in such a way where supposedly big plot turning points doesn’t garner significant time writing about it and discussing it. I wonder how much of that is because it’s written through an alien perspective. What was really interesting is Akin and his view of the world they inhabit, it wasn’t as cut and dry as the Oankali/Ooloi thought it to be and there was so much human nuance that they could not anticipate. I look forward to reading the third and last book, and wonder how my opinions might change depending on it.
Not a fan of this narrator. There were also confusing jumps in time and another abrupt ending that was not an ending.
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Poor kid is torn between two worlds, sometimes literally. Human and alien and neither and both. His attempts to balance this are fascinating- I could hardly put the book down.
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A little slower
I found this book a little slower than Dawn was but overall still really interesting and enjoyable.
While Dawn was setting everything up and focused mostly on the surviving humans adapting to their new lives, Adulthood Rites is about, well, adulthood rites. It primarily focuses on the mixed children of Oankali and humans - specifically the first male construct and son of Lilith.
I found the Oankali and mixed constructs interesting but less interesting than the human struggles. At times I grew annoyed with the sexual aspect of the book too. Generally I don't mind and I think the premise of the idea is really interesting (family mating units consisting of 3+ individuals, etc.) But as it went on I cared less and less about it and wanted more substance.
Overall I thought this was a good fleshing out of the characters, world, and ideas that were started in the first book and I'm interested in seeing how the two are blended together for the third and final book of the trilogy.
I found this book a little slower than Dawn was but overall still really interesting and enjoyable.
While Dawn was setting everything up and focused mostly on the surviving humans adapting to their new lives, Adulthood Rites is about, well, adulthood rites. It primarily focuses on the mixed children of Oankali and humans - specifically the first male construct and son of Lilith.
I found the Oankali and mixed constructs interesting but less interesting than the human struggles. At times I grew annoyed with the sexual aspect of the book too. Generally I don't mind and I think the premise of the idea is really interesting (family mating units consisting of 3+ individuals, etc.) But as it went on I cared less and less about it and wanted more substance.
Overall I thought this was a good fleshing out of the characters, world, and ideas that were started in the first book and I'm interested in seeing how the two are blended together for the third and final book of the trilogy.
Well the humans are even more of a bunch of idiots in this one. Although this time the aliens were kinda on my list as well. Plus - seriously - how can something be sorta heteronormative while at the same time presenting three genders plus kids who don’t even become a gender until they mature???
Not quite as good as the first one but still a very good and thought provoking book.
Not quite as good as the first one but still a very good and thought provoking book.