Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler

23 reviews

minkkmuse's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

 somewhat less viscerally moving than the prose novel but still a masterful work 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

cernst09's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Slavery, Sexual violence, and Rape

booksandteatime's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Torture, Gore, Blood, Death, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

adelinebal4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

Only reason I didn’t do 5 stars is because it’s an adaptation, which made me a little anxious that I was missing things/not getting the whole story… even though that’s not really rational!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

shainabriley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Suicidal thoughts

tuma's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Masterpiece for a reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual violence

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Blood, Toxic friendship, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment, Gore, Grief, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Infidelity, Rape, and Alcoholism

mxmarta's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A very interesting plot mechanism of time travelling to the past to contrast the reality of late 20th century with early 19th century, in a plantation in the south. I'm definitely interested in reading the original novel, but this graphical novel adaptation is very easy to read and conveys the horrors of colonisation and slavery in a visceral way by virtue of being visual. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Blood, Colonisation, Sexism, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, and Gore

Minor: Miscarriage and Child death

bookishchef's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

That 0,5 star is because I struggled with the art style sometimes. 

This book had me ugly crying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Medical content, Murder, Slavery, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Miscarriage

Minor: Infidelity, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Infertility

zombiezami's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Suicide, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Racial slurs, Slavery, Rape, Body horror, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Gun violence, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Child death, and Drug use