A review by donegcol000
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

Vivid world to the point of terror at how prescient a lot of the "predictions" this book made. Obviously a work of fiction and one with a very negative outlook on human nature (although an argument could be made that it's more about human nature under a system like modern capitalism) but with a terrifying feeling that at least some of what butler proposes is likely to happen. <Spoiler> neo slavery and water crises leading to violence in particular seem to have a dark tinge of reality to them
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