Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

620 reviews

leah152's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Mental illness and Injury/Injury detail

ximena003's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, and Sexual harassment

chels_ro's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Butler crafts a masterful first person narrative around slavery in the antebellum south that confronts our ideas of race and racism and what it means to be moral in an immoral world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism

sundayfever's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Stunning, chilling. Took a long time to digest this one. Really makes you think and feel, about power, racism and internalized racism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Child death and Pregnancy

zgreyz's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

moneymachine69's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

hammock_napper's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lateromantic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism, and Deportation

idk_indigo's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

While I felt this book was well-written and definitely classics-level good, I personally struggled quite a bit with how intense and violent it was. Definitely lots of content warnings, proceed with caution, etc., but that is sort of to be expected just by reading the front. 

I would give it 4 stars if I were just rating on like how it was, but I think 3 stars based on how much I liked it, if that makes sense? A personal rating. 

I hated parts of this book very much, ultimately I am glad I read it but I will not be putting it on my list for, like "recommend me similar books" kinda thing as it was just quite a bit too much for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

nina_rae_131's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

This book was very hard to read, but when I was reading it I couldn't put it down. The ending will stay with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction and Miscarriage