1.6k reviews for:

Adulthood Rites

Octavia E. Butler

4.16 AVERAGE

taliupthepages's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging mysterious 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: No

squirrelinseattle's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging mysterious 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: Complicated

inoshiro's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

lisaadam's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark medium-paced

ben456's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective 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: No

codybutcher's review against another edition

5.0

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Octavia Butler nails it again with Adulthood Rites, the second installment in her Xenogenesis series (Lilith’s Brood). Exploring themes of xenophobia, racism, gender, and sexuality through the hearts and minds of humans and extraterrestrials, Butler manages to integrate very real issues into a wildly entertaining story.

“How could they let insane people gain control of devices that could do so much harm? If you knew a man was out of his mind, you restrained him. You didn’t give him power.”

blackbird08's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional tense 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

ajunejane's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

zacknobblitt's review against another edition

5.0

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Adulthood Rites was even stronger than Dawn. This piece of writing is a beautiful reflection on the strength of human nature, beautifully chaotic and willfull.

nickkahn's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced