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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

45 reviews

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

💬: "God is neither good nor evil, neither loving nor hating. God is Power. God is Change. We must find the rest of what we need within ourselves, in one another, in our Destiny."

Butler, Octavia E.. Parable of the Sower (p. 245). Open Road Media. Kindle Edition. 

📖Genres: sci-fi, speculative fiction, dystopia, post apocalyptic, classics 

📚Page Count: 330

🎧Audiobook Length: 12h 01min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 
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The very beginning of the book is very preachy, well a lot of this book is preachy because it's literally the story of a young woman creating her own religion. I'd say the story was overall enjoyable despite the preachiness of it all. I really enjoyed the way this was written and how, it started out hopeless, like a lot of Butler's works. Then, there's a little light at the end of the tunnel and the story suddenly becomes hopeful.

This is my second time reading Parable of the Sower and I finally understand that it's about community and keeping one another safe. Protecting one another in crisis. That is the answer to the question, "what do we do when disaster strikes?"

I also love the diversity in this book. The characters were very diverse like all other Butler books.

The beginning of the book was a bit slow even though the book was interesting overall. Therefore, I'm giving this 4.5 stars out of 5.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Child death, Cannibalism, Cursing, Grief, Animal cruelty, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Slavery, Addiction, Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Physical abuse

ashtronaut's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Child death, Child abuse, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

miked's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Transphobia, Trafficking, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Sexual violence, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Slavery, and Violence

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

jaymem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Child death, Violence, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Trafficking, Slavery, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Grief, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Cannibalism, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, and Police brutality

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

booksr4nerds's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Drug use, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

cinderrunner's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing, thought provoking yet simplistic writing. Its a shame how relevant this book still is 30 years later. A truly brilliant work

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Trafficking, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Rape, War, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Gun violence, Child death, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Torture

kenz73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Gun violence, War, Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Drug abuse, Violence, Cursing, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Classism, Addiction, and Cannibalism

burntsiennabooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, War, Rape, Violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Gore, Grief, Rape, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse