Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Parable of the Sower
Book Review: my first science fiction
Summary: 4 Stars
WHEN THIS BOOK WAS FIRST REFERRED TO ME, I ACTUALLY WAS RELUCTANT TO TRY. THE BOOK WAS VERY GOOD, AND VERY PERSPECTIVE. LAUREN'S VIEWS OF RELIGION ARE SIMILAR TO MINE, AND CONNECTED WITH ME ON A SPIRITUAL LEVEL. I WAS READING THIS BOOK, AND FELT THAT I WAS NOT ONLY READING A NOVEL, BUT A POETRY BOOK, AND A BIBLE. THIS WONDERFULLY CRAFTED TABLE IS DARK AND EYE-OPENING. BUTLER'S VIEW ON FUTURE L.A., OR ON A BROADER VIEW, BIG CITY, U.S.A., SEEMS TO REALLY HIT HOME, BUT ONLY TIME WILL TELL. THE EXAMINING OF CHILDREN GROWING UP SO FAST, AND MAGNIFYING THE ILLS OF SOCIETY THROUGH LAUREN'S SICKNESS REALLY DID IT FOR ME. I AM EAGER TO PURCHASE MORE OF MS. BUTLER'S NOVELS.Book Review: parable of dispair
Summary: 2 Stars
this was the most depressing book in the world. luckly i didn't buy the book by choice but only as part of a book club. If you looking for nothing good to occur, you've found it in this book. All that is bad about society, found wound up in these 300+ pages. I suppose the ultimate message was to keep plugging along depite the negativity, but who needs that lecture.Book Review: parable of the sower
Summary: 5 Stars
Parable of the Sower is one of the best books I have read in my short lifetime. Anyone who's an optimist might find it too depressing but it is truly a wonderful work. I've read some of Butler's other books, including Lilith's Brood, and I believe that the Parable books are much easier to read. while all of her books are captivating Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents were much easier to read and provide a completely unique, and pestamistic outlook on the future of the world. I would recommend these books to anyone who is not afraid of a good dose of darkness in what they read. (Also I enjoyed reading names of places I know well in both books, being from California.)Book Review: well written, scary and too real a scenario.
Summary: 5 Stars
Some writers have a talent for describing current reality in the guise of science fiction. Octavia Butler was one of the best at this. Her dystopia in this and the sequel Parable of the Talents is so close to our own reality that it is quite scary. It is also a quick read. Her work has always been good reading and this is no exception. Want to see the end product of rampant corporatism? Read the book. The way things are going in the US of A, we may well need a leader like the heroine Lauren Olamina Bankole but you can get some of Lauren's wisdom from reading Octavia's Parable books for yourself. You won't regret it. A few of her words below.
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought
To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists that control the fool
To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen
To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies
To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery."