Parable of the Sower

While there were parts of the book that I found hard to believe due to my knowledge of California geography, this is a really great dystopian hellscape. It’s crazy that the book takes place in 2024-2027, and you can really see the every similarities to our actual timeline. I found it so anxiety inducing - which is the point.

I cannot put into words how relevant this piece of work feels existing in the years the story took place in. In an alternate reality, people read this book in the 90s and made choices that made this feel like science fiction rather than a premonition of what's to come. I'm in the wrong reality.

We loved the sense of community this book brings out despite the environment of despair the story takes place in. It shows that through community you can learn to build trust and experience the power of collaboration. The book is a stark reminder of how quickly the world will decay when humans turn on one another. It was terrifying to read yet we found some hope in how people were able to support one another through the the most difficult of circumstances. An incredibly powerful story.

Infused with the horror of one empire ending and the hope of a new beginning, Parable of the Sower is a “cautionary tale” that feels eerily close to reality.

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