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Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler

5 reviews

gellyreads's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Yo, what the fuck did this have to do with the rest of the series? What the fuck did I just read?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Gun violence, and Incest

Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, War, Racism, Misogyny, Homophobia, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death

thenonbinaryc's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Grief, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Pregnancy

blurrycat's review against another edition

dark tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Suicide, Rape, Murder, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Incest

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Violence

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

becksusername's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Quick read, fascinating premise, weird ending
Re-read after reading the first two in the series and honestly it seems so disconnected from the first two books. Other than

Spoiler

the description of clay's ark itself, which is only really relevant to getting to the premise and doesn't come up again.

But maybe the next book will tie it in!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Rape

Moderate: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Suicide, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Confinement, Animal death, and Chronic illness