Mind of My Mind
2020 • 400 pages
Ratings16
Average rating4.2
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Ratings16
Average rating4.2
'A book that shifted my life... Epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant' VIOLA DAVIS on Wild Seed 'A literary pioneer' VANITY FAIR on Octavia E. Butler A PATTERNIST NOVEL: BOOK TWO The baby's name is Mary, and her father is immortal. For thousands of years, Doro has pursued perfection, experimenting with humanity and seeking out rare - and powerful - talents. His finest creation is Mary, a young black woman who grows up on the rough outskirts of Los Angeles. Doro knows he must handle Mary carefully or risk her ending like his previous experiments - dead, either by her own hand or his. What he doesn't suspect is that Mary is beginning to learn just how much power she wields. As she comes of age, Mary must harness her newfound abilities to challenge the ruthless man who controls her - and fight to free her people once and for all.
Series
4 primary booksPatternmaster is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1976 with contributions by Octavia E. Butler.
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I read Wild Seed ages ago, and it was great to have the opportunity to revisit this world. I can't say I liked Mary as much as Anyanwu, but it was fascinating to watcher her struggle through moral crisis after moral crisis, to move from used to user. I'm only sad it is of an era when sci-if novels needed to be so bite-sized.
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💬: "Had human life ever mattered to Doro beyond his interest in human husbandry? Could a creature who had to look upon ordinary people literally as food and shelter ever understand how strongly those people valued life?
Butler, Octavia E.. Mind of My Mind (The Patternist Series Book 2) (p. 48). Open Road Media. Kindle Edition.
📖Genres: adult, science fiction, speculative fiction
📚Page Count: 218
🎧Audiobook Length: 08h 23min
👩🏾🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.5/5
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Mind of my Mind is the second book in the Patternist series by Octavia E. Butler. I think it's my least favorite out of the series, along with Patternmaster.
This is the story of a few of Doro's children, but in particular, this is the story of Doro's child Mary. From a young age Doro could tell that Mary would have immense power after she psychically transitioned so he decides that he wants to ensure her protection.
Eventually, after her transition, Mary grew to develop what's known as The Pattern, which is a psychic avenue that telepaths can use connect with each other. Mary develops this "Pattern" and then proceeds to gather some of Doro's active telepaths from around the country. After collecting a few active telepaths Mary decided to connect with lantents, people who have psychic potential but they're not active telepaths.
After Mary connects with the actives and latents, well things start to get messy. I won't spoil anything for you, I'll just say that this is honestly worth the read even if I didn't like it as much as some of the other Patternist novels.
This is my second time reading Mind of My Mind and I honestly enjoyed the story more the second time around. I gave Mind of My Mind a 4 out of 5 the first time I read it, this time I'm going to give it a 4.5 out of 5.
