“All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change.”

Parable of the Sower is my first encounter with Octavia Butler and wow... I was blown away by her work. The world-building, writing style and character development were all *chef's kiss* The book's plot itself is an interesting one; The earth basically descending into chaos because of an ecological crisis... mmmm sounds familiar. The stark desperation of people and the way some communities would band together reminded me of zombie apocalypse stories. The whole range of human emotions and actions come into play in Parable of the Sower. Everything you could think of that happens in families and mankind, good and bad, can be seen in this book. Throughout the whole thing, Lauren remains so steadfast in her will to survive and isn't that the most base human instinct we can have? The whole vision of Earthseed is interesting; the way Lauren portrayed it as more than religion was fascinating. It wasn't a religion it was a whole new way of thinking. The only way to survive. Honestly I don't have negative things to say about Parable of the Sower, except that I need to read the next book in the series.