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

32 reviews

robinks's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-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? No

4.5

I haven’t read Parable of the Sower, but I enjoyed this graphic novel adaptation. While keeping track of the characters was difficult at first, they were given page presence in a way that got easier to discern as I read more. Also, the accuracy of this “dystopian” story to reality is eerie. Personally, I’m always turned off by particularly religious narratives or talk about God, but from a philosophical perspective, the ideas Lauren presents are very compelling. Visually, I’m not a fan of how Lauren’s verses were presented among the illustrations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Classism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, Rape, Incest, Police brutality, and Trafficking

theroastedbookery's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.5

Brutal truth book about a not so dystopian future.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Blood, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Slavery

maxcarwile's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

skeltzer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

Loved the artwork. It's been a while since I've read Parable of the Sower so can't say how true to the original this was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Rape

lasunflower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense 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? No

4.5

I haven't (yet) read the original book, so can't comment on the adaption, but I really enjoyed this. The story is brilliant and the artwork is amazing. My only criticism is that it was hard for me to remember who was who  for many of the side characters in the village. 

Lauren is a really brilliant strong female character. For me, although the world Butler painted is very bleak, this story also shows the best in humanity, community, acceptance and trust.

I am very much looking forward to the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child death, Drug use, Rape, and Drug abuse

Minor: Slavery, Trafficking, Blood, and Classism

bookbug_97's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Slavery

ashleybeereads's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Trafficking, Child death, Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Pregnancy and Suicide

Vomit: illustrated on pages 77, 78, 105 and 139

bookiecharm's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Grief, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Child death

topochico666's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.75

Gripping. Such a sad story with many parallels to our society. It made me want to throw a pillow multiple times and go pick it up to hide behind 5 pages later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism

A lot of potential triggers throughout this story, but an important story by an important author.

mari77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-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: Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Torture