A review by pipn_t
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book was really good, though some of it was rather dark (more so than Parable of the Sower) and I did skim some stuff as it’s a little outside of what I usually like to read, but this is no fault of the book.  It was a very interesting story and I was engaged in it right to the end.  
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