Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

5 reviews

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

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Vomit, Antisemitism, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Mention of r slur, dismemberment.

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Drug abuse, Dementia, and Car accident

breadwitchery's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Ableism, Death, Sexual content, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

ekmook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Car accident