A review by alspacedout
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
"[Butler] wasn't writing romance or feel-good novels, she was writing very difficult, brilliant work."
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Stunning piece of speculative fiction that I hated reading. Worth it, but it will squick you out.
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Stunning piece of speculative fiction that I hated reading. Worth it, but it will squick you out.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Racism, and Rape
The Oankali are a species that either physically and conceptually can't understand consent, or just have no interest in understanding it. If you are triggered by intimate partner violence, coercion, manipulation, this will be a ROUGH read, it was very, very uncomfortable.