618 reviews for:

Patternmaster

Octavia E. Butler

3.91 AVERAGE

simonamiller's review

3.0

adventurous dark

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

letojones's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

stacie_w_books's review

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

ivelina's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kenrya's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional 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

fluctuating_planes's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: No

vahala's review against another edition

3.25

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dfostermartin's review

4.0

adventurous 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: Yes

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This was a book that I needed to sit with and discuss with someone to get more out of it. Originally, I felt like it kind of was a quick story, but not actually that fulfilling and seemed odd in its content. After talking through some of the discussion questions with others, my opinion changed quite a bit and I felt like there was a lot more to dissect and consider. This is very much in line, actually, with all of my experiences reading Octavia Butler and seems very much to be her style: engaging plots that are stories that carry you along, with subtext that if you choose to engage with can be very stimulating without feeling "preachy".

binkramos's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brickhouse's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No