Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

46 reviews

literarylion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.75

Pros:

• Impeccable world-building without falling into the trap of over-description
• Well-paced and engaging
• A unique take on a trope

Cons:

• I wish Butler had continued this in a series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, and Racism

soitis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Stalking

forgottenangstycharacter's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

deefenestrate's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Gore, Racism, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Gun violence

surefinewhatever_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

3.5

This story was my first real hit with Butler! I was captivated by the world and wanted to know & understand more. I thought this was an interesting take on vampirism and I was always eager to find where the story went, but the one element that I can’t get past...I hated the trope of our protagonist being a 53 year old vampire but in the body of/appearing to be a 10 year old girl. I can’t express enough how much the sex scenes made my skin crawl, or how people being instantly attracted to her even though she physically looked like a child made my stomach turn. It was really hard to get past.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

perpetualpages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 CWs: Graphic descriptions of blood and injury, in-depth exploration of amnesia, graphic instances of death, mourning/grief, loss of family, trauma relating to fires/arson, murder, racism and racist slurs, some ableism, and some graphic depictions of sex 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, and Ableism