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Fledgling was a fine read. A new approach to a popular subject. A pleasurable surprise. I highly recommend this author!


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Fledgling A Novel Octavia E Butler Books Reviews

From the initial impression, reading the first page, to the fuller insights throughout the story, I have never read a Vampire book more captivating than this. As tenuous as some of Shori's newfound family of friends came to be, I never lost the singular focus of Shori. Vampire politics and Genetic Experimenting aside, this book introduces the reader to a unique premise that no other author has been able to introduce. Like most of Butler's book characters, Shori is wholly unique as a subject, with her physical appearance only being a secondary insight. Despite the sociopolitical subplots, which offers interesting reading, Shori's future story is ( was ) one to look forward to. There were many more stories and challenges that lay ahead. Sadly the author passed away before a followup story could be written.

For those familiar with Ms Butler's other works, such as the " Lilith's Brood series " and " Wildseed ", Butler's " Fledgling " will come as a welcomed treat. On the other hand, this current work opened up a entirely new perspective and possible book series. Too bad readers won't experience that possibility .
An oh-so original take on the vampire mythos, "Fledgling" is a compelling and difficult to put down novel which does something I didn't think was still possible....put an entirely fresh spin on the oldest boogymen haunting our nights. This is the first novel of Octavia Butler I've ever read and I was sad to learn she had passed. I intend to read all of her works and if the rest are anywhere near as good as "Fledgling", she has left us with a wonderful legacy of her life and talent.
Warning some minor spoilers.
The court was in session. The accused, beloved and well known for the great work they had done in the community. Indeed, the accused was an excellent advocate and many had benefitted from them and their lessons. Today however, despite their stellar reputation they stood in judgement. The question on everyone’s mind was does one horrible deed undo a life time of good. One by one the council of judgement cast their votes and though some ruled in favor, the verdict was guilty. This book is brilliantly self-aware of this complex issue and while it clearly was using it to demonstrate a different example, the book itself is a prime example the concept. While the writing is stellar and many of the story telling very relevant to society and culture, it also commits a horrific crime.

One of the things people will say about Octavia Butler is that her work doesn’t preach. She doesn’t pass moral judgement and instead leaves the cards out on the table for you the reader to do so. This is not entirely true because the book does a fabulous job of doing just that when it comes to discrimination and race. None of the characters are described with their race, which makes a potent point about how we view race and how someone whom is ignorant to the notion of racism might thing. It isn’t that they don’t see color, it is that the main doesn’t recognize the big deal. Those that do are the ones to point it out first. Later on we’re shown discrimination and how making yourself the judge of purity or whom gets to belong is arbitrary, hurtful and hypocritical. We can clearly see how the actions of these individuals do not square with the way they choose to live their own lives and the harm they ultimately do to themselves and others. This is an example of how story telling portrays a moral. Shows you the moral and the way everything plays out from start to finish. This is moral judgement, so to say Butler does not have morals is utterly false and therefore problematic when she actually doesn’t have morals in her story.

There are many books that have a porn like appeal. Books that try to make romance and rush to the sex portions without any build up. They’re usually bad. This book fits that genre, seeing as the build up is practically non-existent and the situation makes no sense. There is clearly no reason for it to happen and the book doesn’t make any justification or put any caveats to it. It simply happens and without a doubt for the sake of the reader. Whomever you are who enjoyed this book, hell, who reviewed it positively. Seriously, what the heck man? There isn’t any development or story, it is utterly and completely cheap and meaningless sex between a literal child (as far as we know at the time) and an adult. Honestly no one could be faulted for burning this book now and not bothering with the rest of it because a start like that is pretty damned irredeemable. It puts the Steven King IT sewer orgy to shame in how utterly pointless it is and disgusting in terms of what sorts of fantasies it envisions.

The problem with this book comes up very early and very fast. Vampire stories in general are often related to sex and this one is no exception, but this one does take it to different places. It has been said to me that the point is about sexuality as it is uncomfortable, frightening or alien. The older vampire books such as Carmilla or Dracula make this much more evident, were as newer vampire books tends to gloss over the alien aspect and just make it into a power and romance fantasy, like your twilights. Fledging bridges the gap between these two, but doesn’t go nearly far enough into alien as it should. Primarily because the sex starts before character development and it starts between a child and a grown man. This is a problem.

Before this review mentions how Butler succinctly tells a tale with a moral about discrimination, but when it comes to the sex, Butler is shocking mum. The book does on many occasions bring up the fact that our main, who has sex and kind of a lot of it, looks like a child. People are a little uncomfortable, but ultimately this doesn’t stop them. Perhaps there is a tale here about exploitation of children or minorities? If so it doesn’t go anywhere, because aside from the brief discomfort characters will have, it’s glossed over entirely. People are quickly given a pass and an excuse why it is okay for the main to have so much sex and why it is okay for the grown adults to have it with her. Oh, because she’s really much older than she looks and really because reasons? Actually it’s never even remotely addressed to any satisfaction. Perhaps you might suggest that this is the point, to make me uncomfortable, but the problem gets worse, not better. As the book progresses people don’t get less comfortable, or even stay equal uncomfortable with the sex and the fact that our main looks like a child and has at best a few months of wisdom due to amnesia, they get more comfortable. Worse still the romantic relationships shared between child main and grown adults actually grows deeper and more involved. The story tells us some people feel uncomfortable but shows us this relationship really working and that is a judgement. That is a problem.

So is this a terrible book? It’s complicated. The aspects on race, discrimination, judgement and hypocrisy are stellar. There are some great points on love and polyamory too along with a myriad of other great things in this book. Butler herself is one of the greatest authors alive right now. However this book has a trial where it points out, correctly so, that great people can also commit great crimes. The book correctly points out that a history of doing good things does not give you a free pass to do one terrible. This very book delivers the argument on why it deserves to be panned for the treatment of pedophilia. Real people are really hurt in the real world by this kind of abuse and the way this book handles it is horrific. Its remarkable for a book to be so excellent in some areas to be so terrible in this one, but maybe that’s the point. Maybe Butler intends us to judge her work poorly for this one aspect, though the narrative doesn’t seem to bare that out. Maybe the sequels address this appropriately, but I cannot see myself reading them.
I'm a huge fan of Octavia Butler, though her writing can make me squirm at times. This was the last of her novels I hadn't read, so I started it, not even knowing what it was about. When I realised it was a vampire story, I nearly put it down, because that genre of fantasy doesn't interest me in the least. But something had already piqued my interest, despite my discomfort with the subject, so I kept reading... and got completely hooked. Butler's conception of vampires both acknowledges and far transcends the common mythology and movie portrayals; it is far more complex and interesting. Through the eyes and experiences of the central character and a fascinating, page-turning plot, Butler challenges the reader with some of the most profound moral issues facing humanity, especially racism, responsibility, loyalty and honour, what is "family," and the possibilities for loving relationships and commitment. Far beyond the suspension of disbelief required to accept vampirism - especially this novel concept of vampirism - the reader is stretched to "think outside the box" of relationships as most of us have been conditioned to do. There's plenty here to give humans pause to consider new and liberating possibilities. An excellent choice for readers of enquiring minds and compassionate hearts.
Fledgling was a fine read. A new approach to a popular subject. A pleasurable surprise. I highly recommend this author!