I read the dystopian novel that is being compared to Butler & Atwood 👀 The Blueprint Reading Vlog

I think personally that I am leaning towards giving this four stars because this was fantastic, but there are definitely areas where I wanted more or I wanted less as the case may be.

Butler where not every single I think I gave Dawn four stars, but every other book I've read by Octavia E. Butler has been a five-st star read.

I'm not sure this is quite on that level for me yet, but again, it's a debut, so things hopefully can only go up from here, and that makes me very excited.

The parable duology, Parable of the Sewer and Parable of the Talents, a deeply prophetic exploration of a nation torn apart by wealth inequality, racism, and hatred.

The parable duology, Parable of the Sewer and Parable of the Talents, a deeply prophetic exploration of a nation torn apart by wealth inequality, racism, and hatred.

Is this echoing the themes and the emotional devastation, the absolute nuclear impact of The Handmaid's Tale, which I read for extra credit at 15 for high school English, and absolutely rewired my brain chemistry as a teenage girl, dealing with issues of bodily autonomy and women's rights and religious oppression.