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lemewski t1_j9yfhxj wrote

Reply to comment by RainbowDMacGyver in How triggering is ‘The Road’? by The_Upbeat_Jumper

Parable of the Sower was more horrific for me than the Road. It might be that I related to the characters more or felt it was more realistic. That being said, both are on my favorite books list.

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RainbowDMacGyver t1_j9ygu3t wrote

100% I just read that last month (and the sequel). Completely agree.

Indirect general spoilers**

In The Road >!the climate apocalypse seems to flatten all America into one wasteland with survivors leading somewhat similar lives.!<

In the Sower,

>!there's a sense of unevenness. Certain communities and groups are harder hit, others are sheltered. The way people need to rely on one another even when they can't trust one another. The way different states and cities are affected differently. The role of cops, militias/gangs and community security. THE DENIALISM and normalisation.!<

It was phenomenally detailed and real despite being more of a "sci-fi" work than The Road.

Oryx and Crake is another good one. I read it before reading any Octavia Butler so looking back, I think it owes a lot to Butler.

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_j9zdnf8 wrote

No plain text spoilers allowed. Please use the format below and reply to this comment once you've made the edit, to have your comment reinstated.

Place >! !< around the text you wish to hide. You will need to do this for each new paragraph. Like this:

&gt;!The Wolf ate Grandma!&lt;

Click to reveal spoiler.

>!The Wolf ate Grandma!<

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RainbowDMacGyver t1_j9zxcyu wrote

Thank you so much. I'm not sure the content amounts to spoilers as it is general commentary about the contents of each book. However I'm happy to use the text markers just to be safe.

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_ja005s7 wrote

Good to hear. Unfortunately your markup doesn't work. Remove the spaces around !

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RainbowDMacGyver t1_ja05z3k wrote

I'm sorry but it seems to work for me? I'm on the Android mobile app and it's working exactly like the example.

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_ja091f2 wrote

It is a known bug. It looks like it works for you but is plain text for others.

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RainbowDMacGyver t1_ja0af95 wrote

Ok, thank you for explaining. I don't think there's anything I can do about it so I guess if you need to delete the comment I understand ? In future I will avoid anything that could be considered a spoiler.

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_ja0cors wrote

All you need to do is remove the spaces around !

Instead of this >! the...lives. !< it should be this &gt;!the...lives.!<

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