Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

14 reviews

sillyduckie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Incest

jojo_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Incest, and Misogyny

talypollywaly's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

3.0

This book is all kinds of fucked up and is not for those with a weak stomach. Still, a good addition to the sci-fi canon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Incest, and Rape

jbellomy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Incest, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape