Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

69 reviews

nrogers_1030's review

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Suicide, Violence, Slavery, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexual violence

Minor: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Addiction

maaseelulu's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Grief, Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, Rape, Suicide, Vomit, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

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

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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

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

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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

bisexualwentworth's review against another edition

• 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

Holy fuck. This book was incredible. I have thoughts that I might articulate at some point, but that’s not happening right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Grief, Incest, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Rape

ec_holland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

Riveting. I was completely engrossed and destroyed by this story. I needed it to be over and never wanted it to stop. Knowing this is one of the most banned books, I want everyone I know to read it. While I felt like some of the plot was predictable, I think that it was intentionally written to be this way - building anticipation and fear in the readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Racism, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

kriee's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Self harm

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Medical trauma

Minor: Abandonment

pickupthebook's review

challenging 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

This is my first time reading a novel from Octavia Butler, and it will not be my last! This story is going to stick with me for quite some time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Suicide, Racial slurs, Self harm, Slavery, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood, Rape, Child death, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Vomit

tiggerrd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

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