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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

written in 1993, a dark dystopian life of societal separation, segregation and religious bigotry
lauren is a baptist ministers daughter, raised in a world of hardship and protection beyond the wall that gates her community
when more people start to die in accidental crossfire, lauren questions the life shes been lead to believe is the safest option
struggling with the ideas of religion versus science, she creates her own, earthseed meaning god is change
when the community is attacked and burned to the ground lauren escapes but loses her family, finding a new family and teaching them her religion
for the religious friends this an excellent moses/jesus esque story on freedom, finding yourself, your people and your connection to the world

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gremlin_wranglr's review

4.75
adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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drbex's review

4.5
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A little too close to home at points. Especially considering it's set in 2024-2027!

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Will definitely venture to read the book! Not too much a fan of the art style. I like the usage of lined paper to show her journal entries. It's kinda scary and weird to read a future book set in the dates we're currently living in- and some of this happened, even if not exactly!!! *All the fires in CA*

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eugenegm's review

5.0
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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

 The Parable of the sower has become even more prophetic as time has moved on. Our world is more like Butler's world than ever before, and if we don't act now to make the changes we need to, we can all look forward to a world that is nothing but rape, torture, and endless enslavement to the rich. 

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zantoryu's review

4.75
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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bespokeremote's review

5.0
challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Have read the original book several times and it's a favorite. This adaptation is very good, and I will probably also read this many times. The art itself evokes a lot of emotion, especially appreciate the way hyperempathy is drawn. I deeply love the prominence of the earthseed verses, almost a shortcut to that information that's not so easily/quickly found when reading the original book. 

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jlye's review

4.5
challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I loved Kindred and was excited to read more by Octavia Butler. I haven’t read the original book but very much enjoyed the graphic novel. Octavia was ahead of her time - the themes are still so relevant it is hard to believe this was written in the 1990s.

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therewillbenewsuns's review

4.0
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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