Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

137 reviews

aburiruhime's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

axel_p's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

I hate Wright with a burning passion. This book got to repetitive at times.

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Content Warnings

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

bcvogel90's review against another edition

Pedophilia was too icky

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

witheringghoul's review against another edition

Once that man was willing to SA that child I was out. Absolutely fucking not. I will die first no thank you. I cannot do that. I don’t care.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

thegreatandwonderfulbookwitch's review against another edition

I decided to nope out at the pedophilia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

sam_smith_of_tencendor's review against another edition

Could notnget into this book or story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

redrockhoney's review against another edition

I don't know about this one Octavia Butler!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

charrlee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.0

Octavia Butler's work in this novel makes you squirm --- it is meant to, and her writing here has been one of the most uncomfortable reading experiences I've had. I'm unsure how to accurately summarize the journey Fledgling has put me through, but I will say Butler has yet to fail in her deliveries. 

This is a text that will have you traversing the themes of blackness & fugitivity and hybridity & "naturalness" while questioning who assumes the role of monsters. Humanity is found in unexpected places as Butler subverts, complicates, and rewrites the expectations and rules of the common Western vampire trope. There is much to discuss about the moral quandaries this book offers. It was a challenging read and probably one of the more horrific books I've read to date.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Colonisation, and Classism

libraryofcalliope's review against another edition

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia

Involves adults expressing sexual desire/arousal for a vampire in a ten year old's body

sssarah95's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia