Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

494 reviews

courtneyreyem's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

onmypocket's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Classism

virgoreadss's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

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

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i finished this book almost 2 weeks ago and i can’t stop thinking about it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Trafficking

pat_reads_slow's review against another edition

4.75

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Classism

ashley_inwonderland's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book for sure hits my top 10. It is so thought provoking and deep. I thought a 15 year old main character would bother me, but it really didn’t. It’s sad, but also happy in a weird way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

rheagoveas's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Murder

blesstherainss's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Police brutality, Trafficking

imperatorprincess's review against another edition

2.25

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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If you don't like this book within the first fifteen pages, I'd advise putting it down.  It's so relentless and extreme in the vibe it sets that those who don't like it at first won't find anything else waiting for them.  I landed somewhere in the middle, just like most of this book.  The characters are decently sympathetic but not fleshed out well (there's just too many for the book's own good).  The worldbuilding is intriguing but so unflinchingly nihilistic that it's hard to feel anything.  After a while I'm no longer horrified, much less compelled, but just numb to all the violence and waiting for something, anything, to provide a spark of hope.  Luaren's Earthseed plan might fit the bill if she made any concrete efforts to progress it or actually used it to better other people's lives, which she doesn't seem to care about all that much.  I wasn't horribly disappointed, and I can see why some folks adore this series.  All I can do is shrug.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Police brutality, Pregnancy

Minor: Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol

hotkoolaidpotato's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Octavia Butler is amazing. If I could give this book 10 stars I would. This book is definitely a modern day classic and scares me with how realistic it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail

auntslayla's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Really great, slow to start but once you’re in you can’t stop. Excited to read the second one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Death of parent, Murder, War

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence