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started reading this last night as i was scouring my ereader for a new book, and stumbled across it already on there, waiting

it's freely (and afaik legally, being authored 1920) available online from multiple sources, just give the title a search. i find the dialogue format excellent reading, it's probably one of my favourite devices next to the epistolary novel format

@abekonge yes! i know the series under the name Lilith's Brood. there's some good discussion about it on ssb! it's one of those series that permanently altered how i view the world. when reading it i felt consistently off-balance, i think the "alienation" aspect is incredibly well realized

i liked how this started (right in the middle of the action! a very different world to the one i inhabit! that 2011 sci-fi novel feel) but around 2/5ths in it started going really crap with the plot

i'm not sure if i fooled myself by the promising start but i also feel like the writing worsened in the last half?

do not recommend lol, just dutifully finishing this rn

@abekonge ah i see :) butler's prediction of trump and trumpism (even keying in the actual slogan? like damn) was top-of-mind for me while reading it. parable of the sower blew my mind, i'd never heard it mentioned before. it's relentless depiction of the turn for the worse of the protag's life as well as their inner strength and resolve resonated for a long time for me after reading

talents was, i think, less memorable for me? i remember the broad plotlines and a few fragments but not many details. perhaps a re-read would be interesting :)

@abekonge what did you think? :)

i found this hilarious to the point of giggling repeatedly

book 3 maintains the essence of the series but manages to stray away enough from what kept me captivated in 1 and 2 such that i feel satiated to stop here. for now, anyway (and thank the guidestars for that!)