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Fledgling

By: Octavia E. Butler
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
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This is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted - and still wants - to destroy her and those she cares for and how she can save herself.

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Butler has crafted another excellent novel. She expertly deconstructs the vampire mythos and crafts an original tale. Ojo's narration is by and large superb, however, her English accent needs some work.

Vampire sci-fi

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The story is definitely interesting and kept me engaged, although it is uncomfortable in parts. This narrator was so slow though. I don't usually speed audiobooks up because I find it difficult to keep up with the story but this was the opposite. 1x speed was so sleep-inducing I just started thinking about other things and not listening. Plus the accents... yikes. However she does give a good voice to Shori and expresses emotions very well. I think I would have preferred reading the physical book in this case.

sleepy narrator

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I loved this story. Plenty of drama and Octavia Butler's inimitable style. I found that the narrator sent me to sleep a few times, but I did get used to the lilting style. Thoroughly recommend this to anyone who would like a gritty and realistic take on the vampire.

Great 'vampire' lore rewritten.

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One of the worst readers I've had to listen to. That coupled with the unnecessary pedofilia undertones of the first few chapters almost made me stop listening. Truth be told I used it this book mostly as background noise. That being said the second half of the book wasn't God awful so I don't regret giving it the complete listen.

First hour of the book unnecessary

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Wonderful story and I loved the narrator. Can’t get enough of Octavia Butler’s words - the best story writer

Amazing as always

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