Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Parable of the Sower
Book Review: Incredible
Summary: 5 Stars
I almost feel another review is not needed. Everything that has been said sums it up.
Parable Of the Sower is one of the finest books I have ever read. Octavia's slight weakness is characters. They seem at times a bit flat and disingenuous. Her great strength is the examination of society and the brilliant way she integrates a fictional world parallel to our own decaying one. I cried, shook in my seat, and shivered at some of the images and ideas pouring forth. She's nothing short of brilliant.
I don't consider this a science fiction book per say but a great work of fiction. It spans all lines of class and race. Everyone should read this and come away examining themselves and their world in a very different light.
Book Review: Interesting, a different take on the apocolypse book.
Summary: 4 Stars
Humanity is facinated with the concept of the world coming to an end. Almost every world religion has their end times tail, and this book works on the premise that you will be interested in Mrs. Butler's version of it. It doesn't dissappoint, esp. if you are a fan of the genra. However, I found myself more interested in the road trip of sorts, than I was with the concept of Earthseed. While Earthseed was interesting, and I found it had many good points, I occasionally wished the book would have a little less to do with the religion. However, I was not distracted by it, and to most people, after reading their reviews, enjoy those parts, so maybe I am just and odd person. Other good books if you liked this would be: Into the Forest. That was also a good book, and I am sure you would enjoy it as well.Book Review: Is this what the future holds?
Summary: 4 Stars
Parable of the Sower is a look in to the future. Octavia E. Butler imagines a world of rampant crime and endless homelessness. Lauren, the narrator, lives in a walled neighborhood in southern California. When she is forced to flee northward with a couple of local aquaintances, a real struggle for survival ensues. Along the way, she encounters new people. Some are good, most are not. Parable of the Sower is a true survival tale of the future and really makes you think.Book Review: It's fiction, but not that far-fetched - it could happen!
Summary: 4 Stars
Butler paints a disturbing, interesting and not that far-fetched picture of what life in the U.S. could devolve too if the social, economic and legal safety nets were to be removed. Neighbors band together to protect their communities while hoards of people gone wild and mad victimize anyone who can't protect themselves. Life becomes cheap, - the older generation gradually has to acknowledge that things will never return to the way they were and the younger generation, while hearing their parents and grandparents description of things past, have to re-evaluate what they can hope for and what kind of life and world is still possible.
What struck me the most about this story is that it really isn't far-fetched at all. And my only criticism is that the religious component was pretty silly and somewhat unbelievable.
Overall a great, quick read. I'll definitely read another of this author's books.
Book Review: Magnificent and scary! So realistic it haunts you.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have followed and loved Octavia Butler from short stories to novels for years. But this is one of her best! The characters are so real. I got scared. It could happen. It haunted me for weeks, and I reread it many times. Being a family physician,I enjoyed that one of the good guys was a family doctor. I have envisioned what I would do in such a dystopic society and I am glad I would still have a place. I am so suprised and pleased she is continuing but am fearful of opening the sequel. No one can make aliens and alien society (which LA is to me) more believable than Ms. Butler. May she have a long writing life. I would like to thank her for all the pleasure she has given me. I paid a great deal for a copy of Survivor when I found it was no longer in print and I am glad she is being reissued. Read everything she writes - including the Bloodchild stories