Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

14 reviews

summerb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Incest

Moderate: Blood, Death, Murder, Slavery, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Infertility, Medical content, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Violence

metawidget's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

debbie13410's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Infidelity

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Ugh guys I wanted to like this more than I did. I love Octavia E. Butler, especially her Parable series and Kindred. This was written in her typical gorgeous style, and I thought the writing was incredible. I also liked Anwanyu as a character for the most part. The themes explored were deep, emotional, and probably went over my head in places (story of my life). However, I HATE DORO AND I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL. My hatred severely impacted my enjoyment of the story and I couldn't get over it no matter how hard I tried. WOMP womp. Super disappointed in my lack of hype. I think I will be picking up the next one though, hoping maybe Doro doesn't suck ass in that one?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence