![]() I enjoyed her voice(s) and her narration was fluid enough and passionate enough that I often forgot I was listening to someone read the story. There were a number of social and psychological lessons to be appreciated here, though the story does not appear to be written primarily as a message-novel. It addressed and portrayed unusual relationships, cultural baggage, loss, triumph-often loss and triumph were intermixed-love, difficulties in getting past appearances and personal paradigms, courage under immense pressure, evil, complacence, duty, and sense of duty.It is a complex story from a complex author, but without the author talking down to the reader, and well worth the read. I really wish the author hadn't passed away not long after publishing this, as I'd really like to read more stories based on the premise.This story seems to have many layers which appealed to me. Seven Stories Press, 2005, 317 pages Shori is a. ![]() 2 3 Born in Pasadena, California, Butler was raised by her widowed mother. A vampire story that sucks the blood out of weak-ass YA novels, and will also make you deeply uncomfortable. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Pursued by a rival vampire clan, Alt flees to Mexico City where she crosses paths with 17-year-old Domingo living on the streets. Octavia Estelle Butler (J February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. This has to be one of the most common-sensical, tragic, and heart-warming approaches to the vampire legend I've ever read or listened to. Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
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