Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

196 reviews

sarahreadsromance's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I have no words.  This book does an incredible job at demonstrating the complexities of slavery in the US and the social and power dynamics along with it.  It’s easy to think of slavery as a distant issue, one that is so far from humanity today.  By humanizing Rufus and other white characters, Butler shows how society got to that place and how and why systems of oppression are maintained.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sandralaurentino's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Rape

lwarburton's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

There is so much to unpack but at the same time so much left up to the imagination like why this happened in the first place and why it ended the way it day. I understand why people are still reading it till this day.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Blood

a_alves00's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

kurumipanda's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

kailey_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit

ewwniamh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, and Alcohol

alexashabit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, Self harm, and Vomit

danycatreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

5.0

Wow. Simply, wow. This is my second of Octavia Butler's novels. And I'm simply amazed and speechless. I loved the other novel, Parable of the Sower, and I was very glad she kept her prose direct and clear because the novel is complex enough with all the harrowing themes around slavery she touches upon. And she manages it magnificently.
I wonder, in the future, what will other generations think of us? What have we normalized that will be barbaric for them? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy