She is sort of a Mary Sue. The introduction of the version I read actually addressed this. I still liked Lauren though. I don't think it is necessarily unrealistic to have a narrator as intelligent and insightful as her, but I found the religion aspect of her worldview off-putting.
alone_tired_alive t1_jcra5ja wrote
Reply to Lauren Oya Olamina from Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Sower/Talents” - is she a Mary Sue? by Pink_Blue1214
She is sort of a Mary Sue. The introduction of the version I read actually addressed this. I still liked Lauren though. I don't think it is necessarily unrealistic to have a narrator as intelligent and insightful as her, but I found the religion aspect of her worldview off-putting.