Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

30 reviews

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Trafficking, and Cannibalism

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Gaslighting, and Classism

shieldbearer's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

Much better than anything Heinlein ever wrote. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Slavery, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

This book feels incredibly and scarily prescient for 1993. It's a perfect and haunting example of how science fiction can hold political criticism and social imagination. Also wildly fascinating futuristic disability representation and religious system. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery and Cannibalism

alexture's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Police brutality

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

beliboville's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Slavery, Torture, and Cannibalism

amelreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Racism, Transphobia, and Medical trauma

empathephant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

The most important dystopic novel I've ever read. The content is very uncomfortable, but I think everyone who can should read it. Particularly prescient in 2020.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Police brutality

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Ableism

America is essentially experiencing a complete breakdown.

peachmoni's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

bradypus's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Cannibalism