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_meganrose 's review for:
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“All that you touch, you Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.”
I may or may not be insane for voluntarily reading this given that it takes place in the present with very uncanny parallels, but here we are.
This was an incredible read. I would give it an infinite number of stars if I could! And I am half convinced that Octavia E. Butler either was a time traveler or could see into the future because the fact that this was written in 1993 but so much of what she wrote about 2024-2025 has literally happened.. here is to hoping and praying that the years to come that she wrote about do not come to fruition.
Her writing is amazing. This was dark and emotionally poetic. Will definitely be rereading this.
I may or may not be insane for voluntarily reading this given that it takes place in the present with very uncanny parallels, but here we are.
This was an incredible read. I would give it an infinite number of stars if I could! And I am half convinced that Octavia E. Butler either was a time traveler or could see into the future because the fact that this was written in 1993 but so much of what she wrote about 2024-2025 has literally happened.. here is to hoping and praying that the years to come that she wrote about do not come to fruition.
Her writing is amazing. This was dark and emotionally poetic. Will definitely be rereading this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Cancer