Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

53 reviews

excellent_taste's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

Really interesting, also disturbing. I do not know how I feel about it but it was well written. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Murder, Grief, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexism, and Pedophilia

uhm_kai's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

i want to consume this book & i need 500 more but i can't have them and it sucks

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, and Racism

lexnicole's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Death, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content, Ableism, Biphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism and Incest

mjscooke's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Butler tackles the fascinating premise of what it would be like to be a vampire with amnesia in such an interesting way that weaves together the very real human questions of morality, identity and justice. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Racism, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

leanne_miron's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Sexual content, Ableism, Cannibalism, Racism, and Blood

jayeless's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Racism, Trafficking, and Racial slurs

There is a sexual relationship between an adult man and a 53-year-old vampire who LOOKS like a prepubescent girl.

vee_nusflytrap's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

One of my favorites! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, War, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, and Grief

Moderate: Incest

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Racism, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Fire/Fire injury

livlosiewicz's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

 Our narrator wakes up in a cave, badly injured with no memory of her previous life. She comes to realize that she craves human blood, belonging to a species of vampire-like creatures. Now she must relearn everything about her kind that she once forgot, while dealing with the fact that someone is out to get her family. 

 

Pros: 

· I found this to be super interesting; I loved learning about the Ina through Shori’s eyes, and I thought the memory loss was a cool plot device to introduce the reader to everything at an easy pace 

·Butler has a way of building a world that still centers around people, even though she’s using fantastical/scifi concepts. I find it so fascinating and so easy and fun to jump into. Plus, she manages to use these concepts to highlight important themes like racism and sexuality 

 

Cons: 

· towards the beginning of the end/end of the middle, the pacing starts to slow a bit. 

·There are a lot of characters to keep track of, which didn’t bother me but I could see it being difficult for others 

 

Recommendation: I recommend if you like scifi or speculative fiction. I usually find myself disappointed with scifi, but this one did not disappoint. If you’re turned off by the vampire thing because of YA romance novels, don’t be- this is Queen Octavia, we’re in good hands. Avoid if you dislike supernatural/scifi elements in novels or want something light. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Hate crime

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Adult/minor relationship, and Gun violence

Minor: Animal death