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Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler

5 reviews

trippalli's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Very dark and violent, a graphic novel adaptation of a Octavia Butler classic. It's heavy in philosophy of God and belief systems and religion in an internally violent submission post apocalyptic living hell on earth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Self harm, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Dysphoria, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, War, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture

ashleybeereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Trafficking, Child death, Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Pregnancy and Suicide

Vomit: illustrated on pages 77, 78, 105 and 139

booksthatburn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Misogyny, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Torture, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest and Rape

alsoapples's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

morebedsidebooks's review

challenging dark

2.0

 I love comics and love what the medium can do so I picked up the graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower alongside the novel. By Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the book is likewise vivid. All manner of panel configurations, quotes, journal entries intermeshed in a sometimes dizzying colour palate. I can see why the team are lauded. The introduction by author Nalo Hopkinson is a nice addition. It could be hoped a new format brings the story to new people and makes it more accessible. (Haha got me.) However, there are frankly a lot of reasons why someone would not, even should not read either version of Parable of the Sower. Offering content notes are a must (look below). But I wonder what may be worse; images one conjures in their own minds led by text or, those their eyes take in on the page? This is horror, staggering horror and it was some comics in that genre called to mind while reading instead of the categories the title calls home. And as with the original novel I question choices and exactly what was anyone setting out to do here. I would have been happy to see Parable of the Sower left in 1993 to begin with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Religious themes are also a strong aspect.