Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Lilith's Brood: The Complete Xenogenesis Trilogy (The Xenogenesis Trilogy) by Octavia E. Butler

6 reviews

alexray's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Absolutely insanely good. Scifi masterpiece for sure. wow. I haven't felt this spellbound by a book in ages. Will have to clean up this review later. 

• flawless worldbuilding. incredible depiction of alien biology. so very cool to have aliens that interact with the world on a cellular level and treasure and merge with new life 
• superb commentary on sex, gender, patriarchy and misogyny, race and xenophobia, pride, group psychology, the effects of social conditioning, accepting or trying to deny nature and desire. 
• Butler hit the nail on the head with the inherent struggle in humanity's nature and genes as an intelligent but hierarchical species. 
• all 3 main characters had extremely compelling stories, each of their lives examining a critical turning point of the alien Oankalis changing of humanity. Lillith and her children a thread going from the first succesful contact and species crossing, to the integration growing pains and road bumps, to the beginning of the true total integration of both species into a new final form.
• all characters very well developed as individuals.  
• ultimately hopeful, but pulls no punches in how horrible humanity can be.
• ample amounts of great gnarly body and existential horror 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

Minor: Ableism

juice's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

Absolutely incredible! Highly recommend

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Content Warnings

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).

dxlltopia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

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Content Warnings

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

stellarfizz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I *could not* put this down!! I would regularly stay up until 2 or 3am to keep reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Infertility, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape

hannahmarierobbins's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Grief

kurumipanda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative reflective slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Infertility, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia