A review by momoney_moproblems
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Did not finish book. Stopped at 49%.
I wanted to love it because I love Octavia butler. Could not get over the constant pedophila and the very detailed sex scenes between a grown man and a woman “in a child’s body”.  I could maybe finish if these scenes were treated as gruesome (which they are). Instead it seemed more like it was normalizing this behavior, emphasizing the child’s pleasure and arousal. I pushed through initially cause I thought the scenes would stop but it’s a continuing theme through the book and I don’t see any good reason for it. Couldn’t continue. 
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