Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

38 reviews

chicowriter's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Slavery, Torture, Suicide attempt, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism

bennificial's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-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? Yes

5.0

I liked the book a lot. I loved the complicated relationship between Dana and Rufus. I found it to be a clear way to illustrate that people can have the capacity for goodness and also be too far gone to save. Overall the relationships that people have with Dana are the part of the book that I found to be most interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, and Slavery

Minor: Ableism

lewskj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child death, Violence, Suicide, Racism, Classism, Cursing, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Moderate: Gun violence and Ableism

miayukino's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

It’s always interesting to confront a time travel story from further in time. It tends to feel like a youtube comment section where everyone’s saying “10 years later and I’m still watching.” Specifically, there was a part where Dana says she can’t imagine what she would think if a person from 2019 came to visit her. As a person who’s lived through 2019, that gave me a little chuckle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: Ableism

occasional ableist language

mandi4886's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Infertility, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, War, and Vomit

Minor: Body shaming, Colonisation, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Stalking, and Antisemitism

laurenw's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism, Child death, and Drug abuse

chig_flicks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Ableism, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, and Vomit