Man, Octavia Butler doesn’t do nice – in the end, there’s always violence/rape/horror. I’m starting to see a little too many parallels between her books in terms of characters involved, and the general feeling/direction, so I’ll probably lay off them for a while. I still enjoyed Clay’s Ark (which is part of the Patternmaster series, although VERY loosely connected), but it’s not a book I’d care to read again.
On re-read for my book club, I still didn’t get into this one much at all. It poses interesting questions, sure – but honestly, the discussion was way better than reading the book.
