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

4.0

Anyone down to read about global pandemics during a global pandemic? - I think that reading this during this exacto time period really magnifies the extremities occurring during “The Pox”, the apocalypse created in this series by Octavia Butler. It’s even more unnerving to think about the fact that she wrote this in 1998 but the things occurring in this novel reflect things happening in our society today. To name one example out of many, the way the presidential administration manipulates religion to control & gain power in this novel so closely resembles our current administration had me audibly shocked by the gross similarities. Does a religiously fanatic, fear & hate-mongering president sound familiar to anyone?