Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)

by Octavia E. Butler and Butler

[nannah]

I've been meaning to read more books by Octavia Butler, but this is one heck of a second introduction (or is it?? are all her books this intense?).

I honestly don't know what to think about this or how to form an organized opinion. This is the most interesting book I've read all year, and probably all of last year too. It's also a read that, once started, is almost impossible to put down. Even when I wasn't reading, I was thinking about it.

Humanity has finally destroyed the Earth in their last war. But when Lilith Iyapo wakes up from a long sleep, she realizes not all of humanity has become extinct. Her "saviors"? a race of extraterrestrials, and they haven't saved her for free. But their price might be more than Lilith and the other humans want to give ... and it's not as if they have much of a choice.

The summary sounds way more neat and clean than the book actually is. It's ... so full of characters and sides you don't know whether to trust or stand beside. Even after this book is done with, I still don't know who's "right" and who's "wrong". There's no concrete "sides" or good or bad, so if that's not your thing, don't pick it up. I usually don't like that kind of thing either (re: The Walking Dead), but considering this isn't a bunch of toxic white masculinity written by a bunch of white men, it was much more interesting. (even though I had the ugly whitewashed cover ...)

Anyway, since I really can't make up my mind about what I thought of it, I really can't say much more. :S I WILL read on, though! I still can't stop thinking about this book.