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La Parabole du semeur by Octavia E. Butler

85 reviews

bibliophilemama's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

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

punkhunk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Octavia Butler managed to reel me in immediately. i was so captivated by this book i struggled to put it down. highly recommend this, all of the themes are relevant to now, especially important now. 

this book may end up influencing my own religious beliefs, and it's a work of fiction. the belief is real, despite the book taking place in an alternate future of our world. 

i do see where Butler is coming from with her depiction of what she was observing 30 years ago. we may still even get to the point of ecological and societal collapse she describes here, if we don't snap out of our war ridden ways. 

amazing book. please read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Car accident, Incest, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Excrement, and Murder

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

booksviavilla's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, War, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, and Vomit

erk_sndr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Slavery, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug abuse and Incest

decklededgess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

trigger warnings: incest, rape, physical abuse, death of family, gore and injury description, sexual content, drug use and abuse, arson and fire, racism, sexism, murder, enslavement, cannibalism, child abuse, trafficking, suicide, gun violence, and more probably.

Before I get into my doom and gloom reaction let me just say that terrifying as this book is, it's incredibly well thought out and the cause and effect of what leads to the situations in this book are rooted in very realistic patterns. The cast of characters are really interesting and it was something to see how desperate they were for happiness that they were pushing through the nightmare of their lives. It's also a fascinating look into how law and morality breaks down when safety, freedom, food, and shelter aren't a guarantee. It's a lot.

I am incredibly (insert adequate word here) to see a book that is set three years into our current future exist in exacerbated conditions of today. It feels like a cold bucket of water tossed over my head knowing this book was written in 1993 and we are living in a reality predicted nearly thirty years ago by an author who said THIS is exactly how it'll get worse if things don't change...uh. oof.

Anyways. Read for your own awareness and preparation. It's a book of survival through some really dire fucking situations and it's a little sobering to realize maybe perishing before it gets this bad is the ideal way because no way in hell am i doing any of THIS.

RIP to my nerves bc I am living in a nightmare.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Sexism, Vomit, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

starccato's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Trafficking