This is a dystopian book that with the themes and situations that it creates give a lot of thought to where things might be heading. I think it is a slow burn dystopian novel much like "The road" but under less dramatic circumstances. By that I mean just the way things continuing as they are going would cause this not a cataclysmic event. It will be a book I remember for a while.
by amiwitty
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Man, Butler was way ahead of her time with that one. The way she predicted climate change screwing everything up while corporations basically run the show is wild. Definitely hits different reading it now vs when it first came out
An excellent book
One thing Butler does very well (moreso in Talents, but the groundwork is being laid in Sower) is show how much civil rights can be eroded through a combination of selective/anemic enforcement and pro-corporate economics. The inept police force having to be paid to do even token work on the father’s disappearance is one example of that; the company towns where people have the promise of security but little freedom are another.
I like the setting and some of the themes of this book. However, I really couldn’t get along with the main character. It is 100% a personal thing that I am not spiritual / religious in anyway that the Earthseed element of the book just didn’t land with me at all and I found myself being annoyed with the main character when she was discussing her idea.
I would recommend this book to anyone wants something dystopian but do think I have a more mixed few of the book compared to many.
Great book. Brutal at points though.