Przypowieść o siewcy by Octavia E. Butler

4.25 AVERAGE

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graceevajean's review against another edition

4.0
4.5 stars. like many have said, this book, along with many others, should absolutely be required reading in school.
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alexandriasri's review against another edition

5.0
Octavia was ahead of her time
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cosmic_donkey's review against another edition

4.0
dark fast-paced
A dystopia written in 1993 and set between 2024-2027. There are a lot of parallels between Lauren's USA and ours (fires, gated communities, homelessness, mass unemployment, racism, police corruption, government collapse) although as a pre-9/11 and pre-mass internet story, it obviously diverts from our reality in many ways. But unlike a lot of other Sci-Fi's set in specific time periods, I think Parable of the Sower has aged really well as a sort of companion piece to our reality.

norasaurus's review against another edition

4.0
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: No
Eek. Prophetic. 

moniiko's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark sad tense medium-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

mcrosley's review against another edition

3.0
dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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thebookassassin's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-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: Complicated
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neelastinen's review against another edition

4.5
dark sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Very interesting and fast to read. Definitely saw lots of parallels between what happened in the book and what is currently happening in the USA.

1goodkaren's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: No
I love this book, and it's a bit didactic. It's hard to read right now as it's a bit on the nose for the political moment. Not a criticism of the book but of our political reality. This should be required reading. 
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emfox19's review against another edition

3.75
challenging dark reflective 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: Complicated