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

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Climate disaster, dystopia, bad ass female main characters. This book will stay with me for a long time. I loved the exploration of hyperempathy (tho I wish it was explored in greater depth) and seeing the main character make sense of her crumbling world through the language of her own religion. I was hoping we'd find out a little more about the state of the world and how it came to be such a horrible place - I guess I was expecting it to be more focused on the climate crisis, tho that was mostly my own preconception of the book. 
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