617 reviews for:

Patternmaster

Octavia E. Butler

3.91 AVERAGE

erinlcrane's review

4.0

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Maybe unsurprisingly, I think Wild Seed is the strongest of the series. But this one definitely had a tension that kept me engaged. Butler doesn’t tend to have amazing, beautiful prose. Instead she creates moral conundrums for her characters that always make me so uncomfortable!

apothecarum's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

intheafrofuture's review

4.75

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It such a hard start but once I was in, I WAS IN!

One thing about Octavia, everything will correlate to slavery.  But what fascinated me the most was the entire theme of control and connection.  "How free do you think you are now? " NO LIKE LITERALLY because now, how free are we fr fr?
BUT I ALSO LOVE the fact that to gain strength you have to essentially build a community of people that are like you...YES like minded communities for the win

AND I'm a Teray and Amber rider till I did

sarah_grace04's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous reflective

jkohn's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark medium-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

wholesomeandqueer's review

4.0

adventurous dark tense fast-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

swegory_grindle's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

zoebmmc's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

laurelhiatt's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sankatoni's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious 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: Complicated