qlevin's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
auroralgr's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
halschrieve's review against another edition
5.0
Most sci fi: what if the government/a corporation was wickeder than now and we ate people meat and pig-Human hybrid monsters roamed the earth or our overlords remade our bodies in scary ways and humans fought a war that destroyed the planet. O tragedy for we greedy humans succumb to fascist regimes or our natural anarchistic destructive murderous impulses….just too bad…..no revolution is pure….
Octavia Butler: aliens with three genders save us and abolish death. they live in houses grown out of trees and the future is monstrous only to those who cling to a world of warfare and discord . Our future bodies are cool and lumpy with nodules and there’s still a power dynamic but mutual need causes both aliens and humans to fight to empathize with each other
Octavia Butler: aliens with three genders save us and abolish death. they live in houses grown out of trees and the future is monstrous only to those who cling to a world of warfare and discord . Our future bodies are cool and lumpy with nodules and there’s still a power dynamic but mutual need causes both aliens and humans to fight to empathize with each other
doctorw0rm's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
piggejl's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
manolitagafotas's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
funneemonkee's review against another edition
5.0
Obsessed with Akin being a horny alien man after metamorphosis
kelli_novel_elli's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Octavia writes science fiction in a way that I have never experienced elsewhere. it's enticing, seductive, exciting, creepy and fresh even after all of these years. she is one of the reasons I love science fiction. book 2 in this series does not disappoint, but its a tad slower than book one in my opinion.
jazzypizzaz's review against another edition
5.0
love this perspective, about what it takes to bridge the gap in any meaningful way, between clashing cultures with few easy solutions.