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unspeakablehorror) wrote2024-10-11 12:55 pm
unspeakablehorror) wrote2024-10-11 12:55 pm
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Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler
Reading the Lilith's Brood trilogy by Octavia Butler. Still working my way through this trilogy, but I've finished the first book and I just think it's such a powerful statement about social dynamics on both a personal and societal level.
One of the consistent themes of Lilith's Brood is that there's a difference between loving someone and respecting them. The Oankali love humans. They don't respect them. And this story shows the horror of that lack of respect, the horror of giving help that the person being helped did not consent to.
One of the consistent themes of Lilith's Brood is that there's a difference between loving someone and respecting them. The Oankali love humans. They don't respect them. And this story shows the horror of that lack of respect, the horror of giving help that the person being helped did not consent to.