A review by glitchreads
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

I went into this very much blind. I knew basically it was dystopian situation but that’s it. I was surprised by how prevalent the religious aspects are. I enjoyed that tho. We start in a walled community that, while poor, is taken care of, housed, fed, educated. The situations going down hill and eventually we see what it’s live as a traveler in this world. Where danger is pretty much the only guarantee. More travelers are bet, dangerous situations left and right. We get to see a lot situations going on which was interesting. 

Also, the chapters felt very long but since it’s a journal format it makes it easier to pause mid chapter. 

“She believed, like Dad that if you kill yourself, you go to hell and burn forever. yet, when things got too much for her, she decided to trade pain for eternal pain in the hereafter. How could she do that? Did she really believe in anything at all? Was it all hypocrisy?” 

“My God doesn’t love me or hate me or watch over me or know me at all, and I feel no love for or loyalty to my God. My God just is.” 

“All struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule, who will lead, who will define, refine, confine, design, who will dominate. All struggles are essentially power struggles , and most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together.” 
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