Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

18 reviews

saltycoffee's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Grief, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

summerb's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Incest

Moderate: Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Infertility, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

itsnicholaslashay's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

fairyollie's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

what I love most about this book- despite it being Octavia Butler, of course- is that despite it being a prequel providing the backstory to the primary villain, it makes no attempt to redeem Doro. because she can't. at all! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Stalking, Alcohol, and Colonisation

becksusername's review

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

villiljos's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

zoe_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

As you might be aware of, I usually refrain from rating books I read for university--unless they're extremely good book. So, yeah, this one is great. Like, holy shit. I feel like I've been emotionally run over by a truck. This made me quietly angry, frustrated, sad, and helpless and would not let up. And being all those things, even quietly, for two days straight (I didn't read it in one go, but whenever I wasn't reading, the story continued its hold on my emotions/brain) was/is exhausting. Exhausting to a point were I could so easily relate to Anyanwu's perspective at the end of the novel. 

Anyways, this was excellently written and incredibly interesting and so complex and fleshed-out feeling. There is so much that could still be explored, so much to see. The story is quite simple but so incredibly well crafted that it feel slike a much grander narrative. I highly, highly recommend this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Pregnancy

bookiecharm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Grief