Wild Seed

Paperback

English language

Published Aug. 1, 1981 by Pocket.

ISBN:
9780671430665

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4 stars (3 reviews)

13 editions

Review of 'Wild Seed' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

A hard read, not because of the writing style, but the theme and the underlying metaphors: slavery, discrimination, power abuse. It's weird and disturbing, there weren't any lovable characters for me. I wasn't sure if it was sci-fi, magical realism or something in between. I was hoping the main character, Anyanwu, to have more active powers. She was powerful but at the same time powerless to deal with Doro's influence. It was a disturbing read at many moments for me, not really my cup of tea. The writing is excellent, tho.

Subjects

  • Science Fiction - General
  • Non-Classifiable
  • Fiction - Science Fiction