Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

2 reviews

nurseamandarose's review

dark emotional sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Death, Slavery, Violence, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Blood, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, and Rape

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