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Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler
I read Parable of the Sower in Spring 2020 (a particularly poignant moment to read it) for one of my college classes. I really enjoyed Sower, and thought that it was a book ahead of its time, and eerily predictable of certain futures.
I think I enjoyed this one even more. It is somehow even more brutal and heartbreaking. But it's even more hopeful and shows us that "Survival is Insufficient" (to quote Station Eleven). With world events going on today, this series continued to hit hard, and made for a difficult and uncomfortable experience at times. But that is important.
This is a series that is hard to call 'enjoyable' or to 'love' but it is very good and very important. I think about Sower all the time, and I imagine I will also think about this book a lot too.
p.s. checking the content/trigger warnings for this series is probably a good idea.
I think I enjoyed this one even more. It is somehow even more brutal and heartbreaking. But it's even more hopeful and shows us that "Survival is Insufficient" (to quote Station Eleven). With world events going on today, this series continued to hit hard, and made for a difficult and uncomfortable experience at times. But that is important.
This is a series that is hard to call 'enjoyable' or to 'love' but it is very good and very important. I think about Sower all the time, and I imagine I will also think about this book a lot too.
p.s. checking the content/trigger warnings for this series is probably a good idea.