Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

112 reviews

shadereads's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Torture, and Cannibalism

jackmchristensen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide and Cannibalism

notthatlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Slavery, and Cannibalism

Minor: Suicide and Trafficking

yavin_iv's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pedophilia, Suicide, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

The society we know in the US has fallen apart in 2025. the economy has collapsed, Violence on the streets has forced neighborhoods to erect walls for protection, many people are becoming homeless, and climate change makes survival even more of a challenge. Lauren learns what it means to survive inside of her walled neighborhood and outside. 

For readers looking for 💕: Intense stories of survival, catastrophic climate change and social upheaval, creative world building, books with black protagonists, community building

My thoughts 💭: I'm not much for books about religion, or dystopian stories (I mostly picked this up because I've loved other Butler books). Even so, I enjoyed this book. I thought the world building was excellent, and loved the collecting of their found family quite a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Xenophobia

accidentalspaceexplorer's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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? No

4.0

Extremely dark and dystopian, yet compelling. I didn't really want to keep reading the incredibly dystopian near-future that this depicted, but I couldn't put the book down. I really liked Lauren's voice and the characters, although I did find her romance weird.

However, I'm not going to continue reading the series, because this book ends without a cliffhanger, and I don't think I can stomach another book with this kind of dystopian setting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Cannibalism

Minor: Pedophilia

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

dkhbrgr's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

snuzzbobble's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Slavery

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

amberinbookland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder