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Reviews tagging 'Confinement'
Lilith's Brood: The Complete Xenogenesis Trilogy (The Xenogenesis Trilogy) by Octavia E. Butler
8 reviews
juice'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
4.75
Moderate: Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
This trilogy focuses on cultural misunderstanding in extreme cultural difference. Similarly, there is an exploration of consent as a theme (as well as a potentially dated view of consent).geonox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Confinement and Violence
Moderate: Incest
Minor: Infertility, Sexual violence, and War
simareading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Incest, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and War
mothstrand's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Colonisation
Moderate: Cancer, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and War
dxlltopia's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Gun violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Genocide, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Car accident, Alcohol, and War
librarycowboy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Genocide, Infertility, Misogyny, Grief, and Colonisation
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, and Pregnancy
Minor: Incest, Rape, Suicide attempt, and War
paigeno's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Death, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
d4r3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Suicidal thoughts