Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

107 reviews

simareading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

geekmom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book pulls you in and doesn’t let you look away. An incredible story that is all too credible in many difficult ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

dreezy's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

01hannah11's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.25

cw: racism, descriptions of violence, child loss, rape 

SPOILERS AHEAD!! 



omg thank GOD she killed the dude in the end. i was getting such a pick me vibe from their relationship uuugh. he’s a literal slave master, he’s literally enslaved people, raped them, hit them, sold them, murdered them. brooo why was she still on his side in the end??? that’s what really bothered me in this book. okay they had their little connection because of ancestry, that doesn’t mean he’s a good person though or that she owns him anything. her bloodline literally came about through him raping someone?!?!? and yes i understand their relationship was marked by power relations, she had to wait for hagar to be born, and she had to somehow survive the time. but jesus the times she came to his defense and “forgave” him made me mad. 
also her writing style didn’t really catch me.

other than that this was still such a moving book. such a smart way of transporting the reader to a different time and bring real events so much closer. so insane, scarring, repulsive, upsetting, enraging to read about these times and the crimes that were committed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

annasorr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Octavia Butler is absolutely brilliant. The novel is deceptively straightforward, choosing to eschew usual sci-fi plot jargon to get straight to the point. It’s tense, compact, dark, and philosophical— basically everything this novel needs to be to tell this story effectively and truthfully, lingering in darkness without stewing in it longer than necessary. Then, when the novel reaches its necessary conclusion, it leaves reader to make sense of Dana’s experiences, bringing history ever closer to the present. Certainly a difficult read, but also a riveting one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

enbylievable's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I'm so glad I read this. The writing, impeccable. The characters, incredible. Could hardly put it down!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, and Torture

bamlady's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

st_ella_r's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

dreamer626's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexual violence

kiwichill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Excrement, Death of parent, and Pregnancy