2 thoughts on “In The Spotlight: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower”
All sounds a bit too realistic! I’ve never read Octavia E Butler, though she’s one of those names that has hovered around my radar for years. I’m tempted…
It is realistic in an uneasy way, FictionFan. Everyone is different, but for me, it didn’t feel preachy, which I appreciated. It’s not a happy story with an uplifting ending, so best to read it when you are ready for a darker book. But it makes you think. And Butler writes well.
Crime Writer Margot Kinberg 
All sounds a bit too realistic! I’ve never read Octavia E Butler, though she’s one of those names that has hovered around my radar for years. I’m tempted…
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It is realistic in an uneasy way, FictionFan. Everyone is different, but for me, it didn’t feel preachy, which I appreciated. It’s not a happy story with an uplifting ending, so best to read it when you are ready for a darker book. But it makes you think. And Butler writes well.
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