A review by codybutcher
Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler

5.0

Octavia Butler nails it again with Adulthood Rites, the second installment in her Xenogenesis series (Lilith’s Brood). Exploring themes of xenophobia, racism, gender, and sexuality through the hearts and minds of humans and extraterrestrials, Butler manages to integrate very real issues into a wildly entertaining story.

“How could they let insane people gain control of devices that could do so much harm? If you knew a man was out of his mind, you restrained him. You didn’t give him power.”