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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

101 reviews

plainpaige's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

A stunning work, gripping, remarkably prescient for its time. Butler may have had the timeline off by a few years, and been too optimistic about the pace of climate change, but she clearly saw the coming downturn of society that we're living through. We would all do well to read this enthralling book and follow its characters' example of preparing for, finding, building, and protecting community when societal safeguards fail. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cannibalism, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Excrement, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

vivvs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Racism, and Classism

very heavy

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

challenging sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Cursing, Incest, Infertility, Excrement, and Pregnancy

courtsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

elia_elizabeth_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

dfbballinger's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bibliophilemama's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Incest, and Cannibalism

asaugustine's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

By the end of the first chapter or so of the Parable of the Sower, I knew I was going to rate this novel five stars. It is easily the best book I’ve read this year, and possibly the best science fiction book I’ve ever read. The audiobook is fantastic, too; Lynne Thigpen brings this narration to life and creates such embodied characters with her voice. 

So many science fiction novels read like anthropological texts or technical journals: they describe their worlds with exacting but distant prose. The Parable of the Sower does not keep its distance—you are right there with the narrator, in the blood and sweat and shit, experiencing this dystopian reality right along with her. And this dystopian world is believable and vivid and jarring. It holds a mirror to our own society and forces us to consider a future where capitalism and climate change have taken their worst possible courses. 

Thank you, Octavia Butler. What a masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, and Murder

evewasinnocent's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

god almighty. i find myself thinking like lauren at least in regards to god. is this scary? is this a warning of what’s to come? what is the fate of your world if your god has become change? what is it if your god is stagnant? Butler writes dystopia like it can be real. not like anything i’ve read before. everything feels too far away, too glitzy. i have to remember though this is only dystopia for the US

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mischorda's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism