A review by savaging
Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler

3.0

I think I'm reaching a conclusion, and it's that I don't love Octavia Butler's books. The gender stuff is rough. This book at least has a queer character, but still women are almost always the property of men. Hierarchies are deeply entrenched and inescapable. We don't spend much time with anyone at the bottom of the ladder.

This book did make me appreciate Clay's Ark more, seeing how she went back to flesh out these people a little.