intheafrofuture's reviews
63 reviews

This book was almost a survival guide with proof that everything changes, yet stays the same.  It wasn't a plot-driven book but it kept you wanting to know if the characters are simply okay.  I find it fascinating that as a reader I found myself criticizing my beliefs and questioning my morals.  What would I do to survive? And do I truly believe in anything other than change?  I think my biggest takeaway from this is that we all can always trust that change will come.  ALSO even though its a dystopian novel, it felt WAY too close to home.  Way too possible and that's why I feel as though Octavia Butler wasn't writing to us but was creating a guide to living through change. (Ending was disappointing, real but disappointing)

My second read and I still get so sucked in! It's a surprisingly fast-paced book but I find it so fascinating to see a Black woman navigate her relationship with white men in particular.  She is in love with one yet hates another yet both are equally as important to her.  It still makes me question morals in a way that I almost canter comprehend.  Is it ethical to allow harm to your ancestors for your creation?  Are we, as Black people in the 2020s, allowed to say that slavery happened for a reason or allowed us to be the way we are now? It begs the question of "Did we need slavery to happen?" It's so incredibly thought provoking and I still think it's my favorite book yet.