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Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy

47 reviews

donnaofbadness's review

4.0

dark reflective sad tense 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Classism

batmayne_reads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, War

comeherecupcake's review

4.75

adventurous challenging dark hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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What a time to read this book! A dark prediction of a world that could exist in the not so distant future as the gap between the rich and the poor widens, resources get more scarce, and climate change gets more out of control.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Pregnancy

izzitoso11's review

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Rape, Violence

larbster90's review

5.0

challenging dark sad fast-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

neleusb's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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loved the novel version and im not sure that this holds up. the art style is SO compelling (if not a little inconsistent with size and perspective) but i couldnt get past the vast majority of the text being pasted journal entries. it worked in the novel but bored me in the graphic novel version- i loved the moments that didnt rely on the journals and had dialogue or visuals to tell the story. overall a good refresh before i read the novel’s sequel but i dont know that ill come back to this version. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Slavery

Moderate: Racism, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Classism

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail

ida_reads_77's review

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Trafficking

Minor: Suicide, Cannibalism

cfos27's review

5.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

ninahuynh's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

whatthemel1's review

4.0

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-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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“I think necessity drew me to the series” - John Jennings (265). Great adaptation of a brilliant author’s work. It has been interesting to reflect on graphic novels and the “narrative power of comics” (267) — the genre’s conventions that Duffy and Jennings used to bring Butler’s story to life in a new way. I do feel the graphic novel was not able to fully capture elements of Butler’s original work, but that would have been an impossibility. As an educator using this graphic novel in an undergraduate seminar, I am especially appreciative of the wonderful teaching resources at the conclusion of the book. I eagerly await reading the authors’ Parable of the Talents adaptation, to be released in April 2025.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Classism

Minor: Vomit