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Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler

38 reviews

neptunereads_'s review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Gore, Incest, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Rape

alecerachelle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Incest, Suicide, and Rape

Moderate: Cancer

theinkwyrm's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

3.5

I enjoyed this, but I’m not sure how it fits in with the other books that come before it in this series. Other than a few things that you could infer as relating to the first books (and actually more so to the other series’ of hers, especially the Xenogenesis series- I think that the disease in this is an ancestor of the aliens in that series or maybe part of why the aliens chose to bond with humans), this really seems almost wholly disconnected from the first two books. I’ll be interested to see how they connect in the fourth official book in this series (and in the fifth unofficial book). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Torture

Moderate: Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, and Terminal illness

sistaharlem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape

anomiques's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Suicide, Miscarriage, Violence, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, and Rape

jacobshere's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Sexual assault, Incest, Gun violence, Grief, Suicide, and Child death

suburbskid's review

dark 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Rape

quitobowen's review

challenging dark tense 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: Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Cancer, Body horror, Racism, Kidnapping, and Adult/minor relationship

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

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.5

This is my second time reading Clay's Ark by Octavia E Butler but this is my first time writing a review for it. The first time around I gave it 4 stars, I loved the suspense and the thriller elements of this book so much. This time around I'm keeping my rating the same at 4 stars. I'm not giving this 5 stars though because of the violence in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape