Pros: Amazing writing, characters, and story Cons: Exceptionally dark and cannot be read independently
Octavia Butler’s most recent epic story revolves around the life, love, family, and journey of one gifted woman named Lauren Olamina. In the novel Parable of the Sower, Lauren learns to both deal with and survive the death and subsequent destruction ...
Pros: Characters are vibrant and believable. Cons: Religious storyline too heavy for my tastes.
I really enjoyed the initial Parable The Sower by Octavia Butler and have enjoyed virtually all of her novels. Parable Of The Talents is one of those rare letdowns from Butler. The novel itself is as good as anything else she's written but the subject...
Pros: Vibrant characterization and narrative. Cons: Pacing problem undercuts the rest.
Momentum from her previous novel in this series, Parable of the Sower*, seems to carry Octavia E. Butler along through a large part of Parable of the Talents, but then it fizzles and the rest is too abbreviated to be satisfying.
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