A review by bookinsect
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

challenging dark

4.5

  • Octavia butler DOES NOT MISS
  • featuring classic hits such as incest, sketchy/no consent, future scenarios that are incredibly depressing and not that crazy of a stretch (cannot remember all the things that need to be tw’s but theres quite a few)
  • Really liked how in my copy there were little afterwords for each story by octavia butler, found out the reason why shes fascinated with incest is from biblical stories growing up (what i wouldnt give to have a long conversation with this woman)
  • Bloodchild itself didnt fully live up to the hype for me but it was still cool
  • Favourite stories included: the evening the morning and the night, SPEECH SOUNDS (5 stars), and amnesty 
  • Also both essays were good!!
  • This collection is definitely on the darker side of her writing so be warned
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