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Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler
4.25
emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Amnesty was definitely my favourite story of the collection, but of the original published stories, The Evening and the Morning and the Night was the most compelling, closely followed by Speech Sounds. 

I definitely enjoyed the mix of both stories and essays within this collection, as it helped to give a change of pace and drive the momentum of the book. The addition of afterwords for each entry was also nice with its added context of how the story was conceptualized.