A review by erinbarton
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

2.0

an unnecessary amount of worldbuilding / info dumping for a 300 page standalone book — although the plot sounded interesting, reading became tedious because the entire plot became just shori meeting someone and hearing info about her past, moving on to the next place and meeting another person etc.

the fact that shori has the body of a child serves no purpose in the plot ie she is never mistaken for a child either to her advantage or detriment. because of this, it feels as if this detail was added solely to make readers uncomfortable from the sexual/romantic relationships in the book when her child body is described. 

writing style also just wasn’t for me - the dialogue is very stiff and unnatural,  and the characters lack any personality
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