Katherine
There isn’t much I can say that would really dive into this book the way it deserves. I’m not a literary analyst, but I’ll definitely seek out some essays or analyses of this so I can even begin to unravel and put words to the thoughts I have. This is a heavy book. There are so many layers to it. There are themes dealing with slavery, what it means to be human, how power affects people, loneliness, loss, the desire to have a community, feminism, and so, so much more. A surface level reading of this book doesn’t do it justice. This is my favorite book that I’ve read of Butler’s so far- it’s incredibly powerful with its ideas while simultaneously not feeling like it was hitting me over the head with it. I was left with chills at the ending, somehow both positive and negative, and I am left with so much to think about and consider with my head spinning from just how much Butler managed to say in just shy of 300 pages.
There isn’t much I can say that would really dive into this book the way it deserves. I’m not a literary analyst, but I’ll definitely seek out some essays or analyses of this so I can even begin to unravel and put words to the thoughts I have. This is a heavy book. There are so many layers to it. There are themes dealing with slavery, what it means to be human, how power affects people, loneliness, loss, the desire to have a community, feminism, and so, so much more. A surface level reading of this book doesn’t do it justice. This is my favorite book that I’ve read of Butler’s so far- it’s incredibly powerful with its ideas while simultaneously not feeling like it was hitting me over the head with it. I was left with chills at the ending, somehow both positive and negative, and I am left with so much to think about and consider with my head spinning from just how much Butler managed to say in just shy of 300 pages.