"Butler takes what feels like an awfully long time to really get the narrative going, as well as to begin showing her depth as a writer. But once she does, it is hard to put the novel down. And to my surprise, I would come to appreciate the slow start a little more for how it shaped and informed the rest of the novel.

Usually for me, a slow and easy-to-get-distracted start is enough to make a 5 star rating a 4 star one instead. However, Butler’s science fiction parable, that reads like non-fiction in the year 2025, resonates deeply with our innate drive to build a better world out of the ashes we are given"

"just finished and I struggle finding the words to describe this entire epic saga. I absolutely loved it. I very rarely re-read books, but I am already looking forward to re-reading this, Osamu Tezuka’s magnum opus

I read all 3013 pages in 7 days"