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Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler

3 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

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

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