A review by velokei
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

fast-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

1.5

I had to read this for my degree and I WISH I didn’t. This involves a fifty two year old ‘child’ who has the body of a ten year old having sexual encounters with adults. It was incredibly uncomfortable to read. 
In addition to that it read like a fanfiction, glossing over scenes and just being oddly vague. There was a lack of characterisation and all the characters sounded the same when they spoke, even five hundred year old vampires sounded similar to Wright who is supposed to be twenty three. 

All in all incredibly uncomfortable read though I’ll admit I really liked the fact that Shori was black, black vampires and by extension any vampire that isn’t white is an interesting and well appreciated deviation from the usual white vampire stereotype. 
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