I know I’m late to read this, and that even high school students have no read it as part of their classes, but I somehow hadn’t made time for this yet, and it seemed the perfect time to remedy that.
I’m a big fan of post-apocalyptic fiction, and Butler delivers a compelling and powerful story of a world that shatters, falling apart along fissures and fault lines of its own making.
Along the way, we find wisdom through spirituality, the comfort and necessity of companionship, and the human need to care for others.
This is worth all the wonderful things that have been said about it, and yes, it’s perfect as a required reading entry.