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

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

5.0

It took a few chapters for me to catch on. It’s slow paced and all the talk of religion was a bit off putting, but then I began to buy the premise of the book. It got hard to stop reading and the pages is overflown with tense and excruciating survival. There really are a lot of hard truths about humankind on these pages. 

This is the first book I’ve read of Octavia E. Butler, and it’s certainly not the last.
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