Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

28 reviews

kemrick19's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

dahliapyne's review

4.0

Would not recommend for kids/teens because of many problematic/disturbing behaviors from a main character, but I really enjoyed it! It was an intriguing plot, interesting characters, and had a mostly satisfying ending. I loved seeing characters grapple not only with  fantastical elements but also the side effects of those! Very thought-provoking!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Colonisation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Murder

jalexpulliamkepler's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

3.75

complex but lacked the tension to be truly engaging. It honestly feels like the prologue of a different story (which it kinda is)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Blood, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

catsbreadbikes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

What can i say about this book that hasn't been said by people way more qualified than me? Octavia Butler simply doesn't miss. Read all of her books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Colonisation

Moderate: Incest and Pedophilia

Minor: Rape and Pregnancy

thenextbookdilemma's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, and Incest

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Infertility, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, and Abortion

turtleduckiess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

I want to write this review before I read the afterward. I wish I had gotten here immediately after finishing the book but i had class smh. I thoroughly enjoyed my reading experience. From what I can tell this is a sort of random place to start with Octavia Butler but I really enjoyed the writing and the world and magic systems she created. The best part about this book is undoubtedly the two main characters, especially Anyanwu she was my favorite part of the entire thing. I think the characterization of them is really strong and laid out very consisteny so you understand why they make certain choices or why they change throughout the book which was very interesting to watch. The ending had me STRESSED and I had lots of feelings about that last chapter. I'm really excited to see what other people thought about it. Going in required reading because Anyanwu's ideas about family and her duty as a healer, how she understands humanity, and perseveres in her circumstances all resonated or impacted me. That is what will stick with me even as the details of the plot fade away.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

stone_stupas's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

Gorgeous, thought-provoking and complex. I'd like to hunt Doro down for personal pleasure though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Racial slurs

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Pedophilia

abmochapman's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

this just confirms octavia butler is a FREAK

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Cannibalism, and Murder

arithmetic's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Slavery, Trafficking, and Colonisation