Loved ita powerful and unsettling journey through a collapsing America. And this is another book where things go south pretty quickly.
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Parable of the Sower (1993)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive In 2025, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future. Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others. When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.
- ISBN:
- 9781035410088
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- 299 pages
Genres: science fiction, historical fiction, graphic novel
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Loved itAnd then Parable of the Sewer, like that character is creating their own religion and therefore book I feel like we're reading the book.
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Loved itIt is brilliant. I mean, brilliant. Octavia Butler had her pul finger on the pulse of what we were to be in the future.
MixedThere were some great moments in the book because of that, but I didn't feel like that particular concept was as fully explored as I maybe hoped it would be, but I'm just sort of like a concept driven reader, you know?
MixedDamn, I'm really tempted to give it S, but I can't because it does certainly have flaws. this book genuinely sort of changed my life.
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Loved itI have read parable of the sewer this is one of my favorite books of all time I cannot emphasize how good this book is
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Loved itI need to read Parable of the Talents after the Parable of the Sewer, one of the most horrifying books I've ever read but absolutely brilliant
Loved itthis is a book I loved so much that I felt compelled to do an individual series review and so definitely go check that out if you want more of my thoughts
Loved itthis book is honestly incredible not only from the hyper-realistic american setting that could very well be our future if we don't start to take on so many of the societal and climate issues that we're facing but more than that how this book was written is truly just a punch in the gut
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Loved itIt's just harrowing. It's a dystopia based on the climate crisis.
Loved itThis book absolutely blew me away. When I say it's a dystopian this isn't like your typical I feel like young adult dystopian at all the writing is just absolutely beautiful and I can totally see why a lot of people consider this a classic.