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Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements by Walidah Imarisha

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fezzington's review against another edition

The writing is just too very clearly first published work for me to finish. I really applaud the writers for taking that’s step and the authors for giving a platform to these stories with many interesting concepts but the executions are too unskilled for me to keep going

basilisareads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

kluthek's review against another edition

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4.0

It's hard to rate an anthology but I loved the premise of this collection: speculative fiction from social justice movements. My enjoyment of each story varied but there were some real standouts (I liked LeVar Burton's in particular).

sarahheidmann's review against another edition

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challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

ptg's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

standouts that i’ll keep thinking about:
- black angel by walidah imarisha
- manhunters by kalamu ya salaam
- homing instinct by dani mcclain
- children who fly by leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha

lalyee's review against another edition

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4.0

I love this book. it brought together two worlds for me: nerd-dom and social justice. the authors of these stories imagined worlds built on similar structures we built our world today and dreamed of new concepts and ideas for how to keep fighting and resisting power. ias. self proclaimed nerd and sjw, this book was so powerful. only reason for 4 stars is because there were a few stories I had to skip through because they were hard to get into, but the concept of the book was wonderful and I was sad it had come to an end. I didn't know Octavia Butler's name before this,but I will definitely have to check her out