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Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler

32 reviews

sillyduckie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

kemrick19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

franksreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Incest

sankatoni's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Pandemic/Epidemic

caseybones's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Simultaneously horrifying and hopeful, heartbreaking and beautiful, “Clay’s Ark” introduces us to a bleak future in which a well-insulated family finds itself unexpectedly at the crest of the beginning of the end of humanity. The plot, advanced mostly in dialogue throughout the first half, is both captivating and repulsive, as are the story’s protagonists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Incest

littlepepperguy's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.5

When I first started reading it I thought the reviews must have been exaggerating about the gratuitous assault and violence aaaand then I got about 75% of the way thru the novel and yeah it started to make a lot of sense. 

The story is compelling, in the way that Butler is a master of scifi/fantasy writing and her unique prose style and timelines are intriguing. But yeah I really didn't see the literary value added by sooooo much violence against women and rape and illusions of incest. It just didn't serve a purpose to me and I think it muddled the meaning of the rest of the novel by the inclusion. I also did not appreciate the tone that was used for a majority of it as if the victim was consenting bc of a virus, yeah just dubious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Incest

lisarue's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

3.5

It's a pretty compelling story about survival and desperation.  Violence and assault levels are high.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Violence

While the violence is not super graphic, it is frequent.

alsoapples's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

neptunereads_'s review against another edition

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

lybarron's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence