A review by hazeyjane_2
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I won't soon forget this book. The premise is that a colonising alien species takes over our world, our very reproduction. It is a frighteningly realistic allegory despite being fantastical - the Oankali are as foreign to us as white colonisers must have seemed to the Aboriginal people they enslaved.
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