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zaccry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
corriejn's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship
dominiq_ec's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Stalking
another_dahlia's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Biphobia, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Sexism
axel_p's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
plainpaige's review against another edition
- 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
1.5
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Incest, Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Alcohol
excellent_taste's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
redcapediver's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
elderlingfool's review against another edition
To start with, the Ina, the "vampires" in this book, are really similar in power to the ooloi from the Xenogenesis/Lilith's Brood trilogy and, as far as I read, that trilogy addressed the issues better, which the initial perspective of a human woman also helped to ease in into the narrative and problematic aspects.
However, the main reason why I am giving up is because I visualize and create movies in my head while reading. It was extremely uncomfortable to picture a child having sex with a grown man no matter how much the author tells me she is actually 50 years old. She still has the body of a 10 year old and whether the man is into her because of the initial bite or not it is still too much for me to keep reading. I still managed to get past the sex scene that happened in the first pages, but on the second one I bailed and I didn't even finish reading. If I had known this had graphic sex and the main character appeared to be 10 years old I would have never even attempted it, but I was pleasantly surprised by the Xenogenesis trilogy that also seemed to have elements I hate in the synopsis and ended up being one of my favourite trilogies. I can't say the same for this one.
I watched a video in which a reviewer mentioned that Butler wrote this for fun while trying to come up with the third Earthseed book and I do believe it because it does feel less polished than her other works I've read. I am used to Butler repeating themes in her books, but there is always some originality that was lacking in this one. Maybe something new happens in the pages I haven't read, but I don't care enough to find out.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship