Part I: METAMORPHOSIS

[Tessa, Founder + Curator]

Share your thoughts on part one of Imago here! What do you like so far about it? What do you dislike?

[Tessa, Founder + Curator]

I'm not entirely sure why, but I'm not connecting with this book so far. Maybe that will change as the story goes on. I hope so anyway.

I feel like there are always too many gaps in between the novels, and what I'm most curious about are those in-between moments.

I'm also finding myself getting more and more tired of the Oankali's attitudes toward the humans. They think they know everything, and it's beyond frustrating. Maybe it also has to do with the fact that we haven't had a full human's narration since the first book. I want to hear more about them and less about how the Oankali think they know what's best for everyone, all while still kinda treating the humans like animals.

I know Jodahs means well, for example, when it "fixes" Marina, but it does it without asking, and I still have a lot of problems with that. Just because the Oankali/ooloi can supposedly sense everything the human feels, it doesn't give you permission to do things to them. If they say "no, I don't want that" or don't say anything at all, it isn't anyone's right to say/think, "well, I know what's best so I'm gonna go ahead and do it anyway." It's such a gross mindset, and I wish I wasn't STILL having this complaint three books in (and who knows how many years later in the narrative).

I want to like Jodahs and feel like maybe I should because it's in its POV for a reason, but...I'm not sure. I had similar feelings with Adulthood Rites, but we saw a major perspective shift in Akin. I hope to see the same with Jodahs (and also learn more about what's going on in Mars).