Like most dystopian novels, it’s uncomfortable. The cover of my copy, tattered and beaten, reads: Multiple Award-Winning Author of Kindred and Fledgling. Of course! It’s what Butler does and does spectacularly well. Reading these “weird” titles, you must’ve guessed that this is a science fiction novel. In 2000, the trilogy was similarly compiled into the Lilith’s Brood collection currently in print. The three volumes were published separately between 1987 – 1989 and ultimately collected in a now out-of-print volume called Xenogenesis. At 749 pages, it’s practically three books in one. But I have excuses! On top of my super demanding job and somewhat social life, Butler’s Lilith’s Brood is a compilation of three separate stories: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago. It wouldn’t be a Writer Who Reads review without me ashamedly revealing the excessive amount of time I took to read this novel. The absolute reverence and adoration I feel for this author and this story outweighs my self-control: Five Stars. If I remember my old book review format properly (I don’t), I’m supposed to save my rating for the end. I’m in awe of the trail this woman has blazed, proud of her blackness and activism, sad that she is no longer physically on this earth, and determined to live and write in a way that’s at least as vaguely impactful as she has.
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