Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

72 reviews

bubbleskiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Vomit

veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

mandi4886's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, Vomit, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Antisemitism, Dementia, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

aseel_reads's review against another edition

reflective 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

4.25

this was a powerful read. easy to fly through, horrifying but captivating at the same time. the ending confused me a little but the whole book was super impactful. big fan

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

victoriasreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

sirohub's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

thereadingwells's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.5

Dana, the main character - a Black woman living in 1976 California (present-day at the time of its writing by Octavia Butler) - is suddenly and inexplicably thrust from her own time to the antebellum South of the 1800s while celebrating her 26th birthday with her husband in the comfort of her own home. This is a sci-fi novel, yes, but it's also a gutwrenching and arduous journey through Dana's eyes as she's repeatedly taken from her own time to another, and back, with no control of her own. 

This book isn't the most lyrical and romantic in prose (again, it's a sci-fi read), but it makes you think deeply long after you read the final chapter - and that's something beautiful that all good books should to, in my opinion. I would describe it as a medium-paced book - but I tore through it in a day or so and will certainly be reading more Octavia Butler in the future. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, and Sexual harassment

gigimussolin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Vomit

kbergsten's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment