Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler

7 reviews

kemrick19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

meant2breading's review

adventurous 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

Philosophical and disturbing. I did appreciate the fast paced nature of  book one, Dawn, but Adulthood Rites had more character and behavior exploration than plot drive. However, the themes Butler explores in this will stick with me and haunt me without doubt: 

What lies at the essence of human nature? Do beings, in this 
case humans, deserve to live freely freely with their beliefs even when they are misguided and prone to violence? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Xenophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Alcoholism, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

mar's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

ever read something so exceptionally well crafted and nuanced it makes everything you've ever read before worse in retrospect? that's what reading octavia butler feels like to me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Gun violence, and Infertility

Minor: Racism and Rape

cupidcove's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

This story has a fascinating way of dealing with sex and gender that offers really interesting criticism of both genetic essentialism and human conception of self. While I did think it was a bit too fast-paced at times and wished there wasn't such a big time jump between books one and two, I think the story that was meant to be told in this book was conveyed well. Overall a great installment to the series and I can't wait to read the final book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Body horror, Body shaming, Slavery, Sexism, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Racism, and Rape

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Alcohol

feralbookwife's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Animal death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Infertility

frida_epilogo's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Chronic illness, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Death, Body shaming, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racism and Rape

kirkspockreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape and Trafficking

Minor: Racism, Medical trauma, and Death