lefttoread 's review for:

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

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I love Octavia's writing, I feel like it's so simple and obvious but still hard hitting. I loved the journaling format to the book too, it felt like it moved fast but still packed a punch. The fact she wrote this in the 90s is incredible, there was stuff drawn from past events that can also show you how the future could be affected and somewhat go backwards too which I think a lot of the world, especially America is definitely experiencing right now, the timeline of this story made it rather jarring to read. I can only imagine reading this when it was released and having a totally different experience, I think it would make an interesting re-read in 4 or 5 years time.