drips 's review for:

Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler

3.75

dark reflective sad tense 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: Yes

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this took way longer to get through than i anticipated. there were some interesting aspects but overall it was kind of a drag. very bleak view of humanity. i'm still looking forward to reading imago bc that's the book i originally picked up thinking it was a standalone 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Violence, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation

Minor: Cancer, Suicide