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Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler

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artisticpie's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Damn, this was good, and unlike anything I've ever read. Dealt with almost every social issue possible, and also with the questions of what it means to be human as well as questions of free will. Also just a really well written SFI-fi story. Have read "Kindred" and can't wait to read more.

valsometimesreads's review

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challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A classic author for a reason, blown away by Octavia E. Butler’s writing and her impact on sci fi.

This series is NOT an easy read but I will be thinking about it for a long time.

Dawn (1st book) was probably one of the freakiest things I’ve read and could definitely just be read as a stand-alone. But the 2nd and 3rd expanded on the world and what it means to be human in such an open ended and thought provoking way. I think the series is the strongest with all of them together, since it explores human nature and societal constructs vs the alien shock of the first book

That being said after all that I need to read something fluffy and nice HAHA

ellenlouisefreeman's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

ro_1138's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

sagittariusreads_'s review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

bookstorm_'s review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Ha sido un trilogía buena.

El primer libro fue muy interesante porque la perspectiva de Lilith ayudaba a que empatizaras con ella y vieras las cosas desde su punto de vista.
En el segundo libro, seguimos a uno de sus descendientes y me gusta cómo tiene el conflicto entre su parte Onkali y su parte humana, y cómo entiende qué están pasando los humanos. Me costó cada vez más empatizar y entender las decisiones de los onkali, pero es cierto, que yo lo veo desde mi perspectiva humana y me ha costado mucho entender las motivaciones de esta especie.
En el tercer libro, seguimos a otro de los descendientes de Lilith, esta vez del género Ooloi, me ha resultado muy difícil empatizar con los onkali, no soy capaz de entender sus motivaciones.

Me ha gustado sobre todo el tema de la modificaciones genéticas y todo el tema evolutivo, comportamental (aunque me ha costado entender las motivaciones) y biológico. La verdad es que la imaginación de esta autora es muy buena y su forma de escribir, aunque en ocasiones un poco seca y sin mucha emoción, me ha gustado bastante el tema y su desarrollo.

travisclau's review

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5.0

Haunting to revisit: challenged me to think about kinship unlike any other work I've read. Butler has a particular skill in making us feel the very alienness of our selves. How humans can seem far less familiar than species we may never meet or know.