Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

16 reviews

rigor_mortis's review

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Misogyny, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Torture, Racism, Slavery, and Trafficking

Moderate: Rape

psitstorrie's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Excellent book.  It’s an important story and everyone should read it. It’s heavy and harrowing story simply because of the setting, but it’s extremely well done. The only reason I’m not rating it 5 is because it can be dense. I found it hard to follow at times,  it that’s a me thing and I’m sure a lot of people would disagree, and that’s okay. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Drug use, and Self harm

aloy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape, Physical abuse, Medical content, Hate crime, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Drug use, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Murder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Death, and Confinement

ekmook's review

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Physical abuse, Vomit, Confinement, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Car accident, and Drug abuse

violetends's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Alcoholism

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit