Parable of the Sower

A book that feels a little surreal to read in 2025 considering it's depiction of a dystopian USA set in the 2020's. A very grim setting that ultimately tells a story of about the power of hope and community; not in a feel good way but the importance of those aspects to our very survival. Still the book never really clicked with me. Felt perhaps I read the story a bit too late considering the state of the world. Things are in a way worse than Octavia could've foreseen. Going to space is a far away as the heavens in our reality.