618 reviews for:

Patternmaster

Octavia E. Butler

3.91 AVERAGE

nestofmirrors's review

2.0

dark tense medium-paced

kinglizardd's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

cschwiebert's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emily_koopmann's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

midnight7marauder's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous tense 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: No

zanosgood's review against another edition

3.0

challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hbelle01's review

4.25

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pressedlupine's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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

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This book was a nice, quick read. I didn't realize it was the fifth book in this series, only having read Wild Seed, but it was so easy to pick up and get into.

I love the world building of Octavia Butler and it is great here. The way she describes the Pattern and the way people interact through it is so fascinating. I also really enjoyed the creative fight scenes that were often both physical and mental. I have continued to think a lot about how she describes these mental battles, the way people close themselves off, put a shield up, or open themselves to others. It feels very real to how humans actually interact just with a more tangible connections between human brains.

Also I love how Octavia Butler writes so openly about people with fluid gender expression and sexual orientation.

read247_instyle_inca's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

vnture's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No