Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

243 reviews

kirkspockreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Medical content, Slavery, Torture, Child abuse, Blood, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Death

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Trafficking, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Gore, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

oz2021's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Self harm

baibe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Slavery, Self harm, Bullying, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

bookish_gremlin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Oh my god this book was amazing. I read it for a class and finished it days before we had to because I just couldn’t stop reading. I cried and cursed and oh my god I can’t stop thinking about it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Rape, Child death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Cursing, Violence, Child abuse, Colonisation, Racism, Murder, Gore, Domestic abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

karapatdapat's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Slavery, Racial slurs, Blood, Physical abuse, Racism, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

martinza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

It is about usa southern states slavery, it is hard to read, it is very good. The time travel element brought it emotionally much closer to me in contrast to a „it was a long time ago - it was very bad“ story. The only well used time travel in any story I can remember at the moment. A focus is on different kinds of human relations in the context of slavery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Body horror, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Torture, and Suicide

marageorge's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Torture, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide

kelseyr713's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

Fantastic, haunting, thought-provoking. I appreciate the starkness of Octavia Butler's writing style. I interpret the time travel as a metaphor for generational trauma - no matter how far removed someone might be from their past, it's in their very essence and requires work to overcome. There is a lot to contemplate here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Blood, Racism, Child abuse, Medical content, Gore, Self harm, Racial slurs, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Rape, and Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury