Jess's review
Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler
I read Dawn a few months ago, and while I liked it, I wasn't blown away. After I read Fledgling and was newly impressed with Butler's creativity and way with language, I decided to finish the series. It absorbed me for two days, and I ended up absolutely loving it. This series reminded me of Vonnegut without the humor--where he uses absurdity to make a point, Butler lets that same point seep into you a little at a time. These books are about perception, violence, independence, and most of all, what it may take to make peace within humanity. Rather than choosing between utopia and dystopia, Butler writes a novel in which one cannot distinguish between the two. And that, my friends, is an interesting feat=)
