A review by katieinca
Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements by Walidah Imarisha, adrienne maree brown

3.0

If you are weary of reading stories where white is the default and no one seems aware that racism is exists in the world, this may be a balm for you. Since it's a short story collection, it *is* a bit uneven; as mentioned in the introduction, many of the authors here had never written fiction before. Some of them were great: "the river" and "22XX" were standouts for me. But because of that unevenness, and because short stories are tougher for me to get into, this took me a looong time. Then I got to the end and the last story wasn't even a story, it was a lecture on Octavia Butler! I was bummed at first, but ended up really enjoying it, and wish they'd have put it at the front of the book instead of the end.