Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Imago by Octavia E. Butler

4 reviews

kenrya's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

peachani's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

2.75

Real quick... what happened to all the homosexual or asexual people? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Incest, Infertility, and Fire/Fire injury

salemander's review against another edition

4.75

this book made me feel so weird!! i am so conflicted!! it is so expertly crafted but i don’t love the way that disabilities are dealt with and the way we delve into such confusing relationship dynamics but do not really confront queer identities. definitely an amazingly done story but i wanted a little more out of some of the topics that were dealt with for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

whirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, and Cancer