A review by summerdreams56
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book was hard for me to rate. The story started off so slow, I almost DNFd the book
 i thought to writing was dense and pretentious. Then after about 100 pages the story started popping off. This was a really dark, bleak story. The was some really graphic depictions of child death that I struggled with. But I got hooked and was excited to see where the story went. Most of the Earthseed stuff was annoying to me. I liked the survivalist aspects of the story.