Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

58 reviews

pinkhyxteria's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Suicide, Sexism, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Hate crime, and Grief

Moderate: Blood and Alcoholism

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Medical content, Torture, Slavery, Incest, Sexual violence, Violence, Confinement, Rape, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Ableism, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Car accident, Dementia, and Drug abuse

marilla07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Medical content, and Physical abuse

shazel64's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this book was amazing. fascinating concept, incredibly hard to swallow, but integral to understanding just how deep slavery ran. it ruined everyone and everything it touched, no matter white or Black.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Grief, Rape, Death, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

gizzylove's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

This book was amazing. Heavy read, but an important read. Octavia Butler used science fiction, this genius use of time travel to explore it through the lens of a black woman. And it pays off, giving incredible, yet heartbreaking and hard to stomach insights into slavery and the ante bellum south. Throughout it we see these relationships of kindred spirits, the difficulty to accept our ancestors within the context of their time period, and to accept we carry more of them within ourselves than we'd like to admit. We see it with her ancestors, her chosen family in the 1800s, and her husband Kevin, who shows the lack of awareness that white people can have, how time travel in the hypothetical and real is a much different experience, one that Kevin at first saw as not so bad. I truly appreciated the relationships and how they developed which in turn served to display a theme. Butler wrote this in such a way where there is endless commentary, and so much to learn from. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racism, Murder, Physical abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Death, Pregnancy, Grief, Racial slurs, Rape, Vomit, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

hunkydory's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Racism, Slavery, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

jesticulate's review

challenging dark emotional sad

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Rape, Suicide attempt, Child death, Miscarriage, and Racism

whatcassiedid's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

I enjoyed this for the most part but the ending felt like it was a little sudden and I wish it had explained things a bit more. Kevin sucks shit and Rufus is a real garbage fire of a human being. I'm curious to see the tv adaptation and how it works out

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Medical content

linneak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Death, Torture, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Trafficking, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

aleksanski's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual assault, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Death, Confinement, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Death of parent, Child death, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Blood, Violence, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Body horror, Vomit, Misogyny, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry