Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

31 reviews

amerily123's review

adventurous 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, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

megwilli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Slavery

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Gaslighting

cleansky7's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Minor: Sexual content

kshertz's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Octavia Butler saw the future and dreamed it. This book is no different. The idea of enslaved people and people in Africa that can change bodies. Creating their own tribes in Africa and America. The following of those with magical powers and their lineage was fascinating. She was so creative and it stands the rest of time for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

probably_yuta's review

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racism

nstew16's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lasafica_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

wasabipopsicle's review

dark hopeful inspiring 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: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Minor: Body horror

anice's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

As always, Butler is challenging and questioning everything you might think about power, sex and community. Amazing in both its imagination and its wretchedness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Alcoholism

shawnista_incolor's review

adventurous 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

4.5

Even though it is slow, character-driven, and didn't have much excitement building to a climax, it still felt thoughtful and intriguing. I look forward to reading the second book in the series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Sexual content, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Suicide