sgrunwald96 's review for:

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective 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: No

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Definitely a hard book to read but very interesting and feels more close to home than any of us would like to admit. It makes me think of Margaret Atwood works that ask us how a small push might tumble our society in the harshest of directions. 

The book was beautiful but it was painful enough I didn’t enjoy it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail