2.3k reviews for:

Wild Seed

Octavia E. Butler

4.18 AVERAGE

tsuronhema's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Absolutely thrilling, was hard to put down.

amandabryan33's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

norveig's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

aquari3's review against another edition

5.0

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Beautiful story, in my top 3 for Octavia Butler so far out of the 7 I've read.

youssef31's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tonika's review against another edition

2.75

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While this novel definitely tackles many important and complex themes, I found myself quite detached from the story itself. The direct narrative and episodic structure didn’t really work for me.

If you find yourself picking this up just know that it’s quite an uncomfortable read. Check TWs

ma_parx's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious 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: Complicated

danieraem's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

legendofstorm's review against another edition

5.0

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I knew about Octavia Butler, but I hadn't actually read anything she had written. I'm so glad I did! I finished this book in a 24 hour period. It's amazing.

rachel_bk's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark 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: Yes