Parable of the Sower

This was amazing. I'm not sure how much I connected with the Earthseed side of it, and I'm not sure how much most of the characters in the book connect with it either, but as a survival novel it is kick-ass. In a world that very uncomfortably resembles our current one, only a decade or two in the future if we continue on the path we are on, Lauren and her family face dangers of epic proportions. Then, once away from the gated community, she enters a Mad Max style of world that is even more terrifying. Somehow, in this setting, Butler still manages to ask the BIG questions:
-Safety in a community?
-Climate change
-Country-wide unemployment
-water shortages and police fees
-the danger of bringing new life into the world that is so very messed up
and so much more

I already uploaded Talents to continue the series.