Very very nearly a five-star book for me due to the ending, and I enjoyed it much more than the first volume. The story of Olamina told by herself, but commented on by her daughter, is really something. The pacing is outstanding and not very conventional (meaning you don’t anticipate how the story is going to evolve and end). I was happy and impressed to follow Olamina through her budding community, her imprisonment, pregnancy, and founding a religion.
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Parable of the Talents
| author: | Octavia E. Butler (1998) |
|---|---|
| series: | Earthseed #2 |
| date added: | 2018-04-09 |
| date read: | 2018-05-31 |
| pages: | 448 |
| author: | gender:female, origin:us |
| awards: | arthur-c-clarke-award-nominees, nebula-award, nebula-award-nominees, otherwise-award-nominees |
| genre: | scifi |
| lists: | marcs-must-reads |
| rating: | ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ |
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Partnership is giving, taking, learning, teaching, offering the greatest possible benefit while doing the least possible harm.
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