Parable of the Sower

This started off promising then slogged A LOT in the middle then actually got good and finally ended with a whimper. I found the protagonist really annoying which is ironic considering that's exactly what the person who wrote the foreword said. And her relationship with a 57 year old man as an 18 year old girl that everyone in their group is just totally fine with? Bizarre and unsettling, even in an apocalypse. Also the fact that the group just elected her their de facto leader when Zahra was right there? And were totally willing to go along with her crazy ass Earthseed? Made no sense to me and doesn't seem how actual humans would react at all in that situation.

Overall very disappointed and will not be returning to Butler's works in the near future.