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The Sparrow

Mary Doria Russell (1996)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingHard R
Pages428 (Chunky (400-600))
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SettingFar-Future Space
CSM age18+
Goodreads4.13/5 (82800)
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Content levels

ViolenceGraphic
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

Sexual AssaultTortureCaptivityGraphic ViolenceMental IllnessSlaveryGenocideMass DeathChild Harm

Positive tags

found familymentor figureplatonic lovechosen family

Tropes

FellowshipColonizationLost CivilizationReluctant HeroNon-Western Setting

Themes

first contactsacrificecolonialismgriefidentity

Synopsis

Read The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell - Jesuit mission to Rakhat after detecting alien music. Award-winning literary sci-fi with first contact tragedy, anthropology, theology, faith.

Tags

literary science fictiontheological fictionanthropological SFtragedy