Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

63 reviews

nialiversuch's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Classism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Bullying, Colonisation, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Gore, Abandonment, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Rape, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

apaolillo24's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Grief, Hate crime, Rape, Racial slurs, Slavery, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, and Self harm

book_voyager's review against another edition

4.0

A great and terrible book. All the violence (check the CW and add several more) made it difficult to read, and at some point I was just hoping Dana didn’t need to time travel anymore.

4 stars because Dana’s actions were somewhat repetitive, and nothing changed much during her travels (except the setting).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Rape

thewairimu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Body horror, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse and Injury/Injury detail

a_alves00's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Misogyny, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Death, Hate crime, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

tlycomfort's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Rape, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Body horror

danycatreader's review

adventurous dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow. Simply, wow. This is my second of Octavia Butler's novels. And I'm simply amazed and speechless. I loved the other novel, Parable of the Sower, and I was very glad she kept her prose direct and clear because the novel is complex enough with all the harrowing themes around slavery she touches upon. And she manages it magnificently.
I wonder, in the future, what will other generations think of us? What have we normalized that will be barbaric for them? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Racism, Blood, Slavery, Body horror, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

icapturethecastle's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Slavery, and Vomit

genzea's review

dark informative 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Violence, Gaslighting, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Self harm and Ableism

Worth reading. Very interesting and intense story. Deserves all the hype

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