Imago

I learned two new words for this book. Bildungsroman-a novel dealing with one's formative years or spiritual journey. I also had to look up Imago-the final adult stage in the metamorphosis of an insect. This final book of the Xenogenesis series is a bildungsroman of the first ooloi construct, that is, the first neuter gendered hybrid of human and alien parents, as it metamorphosizes into an adult. It has the same themes as the first two books, but is made much more personal, as this book is narrated in first person by the ooloi. Once again, Butler shines in the details of the personalities of the aliens. Her prose is stunning, not too flowery, not too sparse, and her dialogue is very believable.

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