Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

667 reviews

liline163's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation

Minor: Death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

idk_indigo's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

While I felt this book was well-written and definitely classics-level good, I personally struggled quite a bit with how intense and violent it was. Definitely lots of content warnings, proceed with caution, etc., but that is sort of to be expected just by reading the front. 

I would give it 4 stars if I were just rating on like how it was, but I think 3 stars based on how much I liked it, if that makes sense? A personal rating. 

I hated parts of this book very much, ultimately I am glad I read it but I will not be putting it on my list for, like "recommend me similar books" kinda thing as it was just quite a bit too much for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

nina_rae_131's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

This book was very hard to read, but when I was reading it I couldn't put it down. The ending will stay with me for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction and Miscarriage

mxyfrzn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, and Murder

nhammy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

galaxies's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism and Child abuse

tinysierra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racial slurs

blueliketheclues's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

overall very compelling story. really difficult to listen to at times but that comes w the setting’s territory. the concept really intrigued me, being sent back in time when ur ancestor is about to die/thinks theyre going to die. really complicated dynamics between everyone, really hoped rufus would be a good person but one person sporadically showing up in ur life isnt more powerful than ur lifelong environment. in some ways he was better than his father ut imo by a small margin.
the sci fi aspect of it wasnt as explored as i expected it to be. i kept wondering why her ancestor was in so many near death situations, like what was the point of it all beyond needing to keep her lineage? why was her lineage at stake at all? why was it up to her to keep it?
other than that, great story. gave a lot of perspective on the dynamics between black and white ppl from slavery and “modern” day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence