Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

37 reviews

tsweet7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Racism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Police brutality, Blood, Cannibalism, Classism, and Sexual content

savannahroberts's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Slavery, Racism, and Cannibalism

booksviavilla's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, War, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, and Vomit

jlaz_13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Police brutality, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Vomit, Trafficking, Torture, Suicide, and Kidnapping

starccato's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

kshertz's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This whole book is fantastic and complicated. I read it before the pandemic, then re read. Then I read the graphic novel. It’s set in 2024 and just the reality of how much this dystopia could really be our future is hard to take at times.
The idea that humans could really just go back to barely surviving because we can’t collectively be a community and then realizing we have to again become a community to again rise out of poverty and all these hellscapes…is a lot. Octavia was a genius and this is definitely a brilliant book but just a hard truth to take. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and War

anntharai's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

I can’t believe it took me this long to read a book by Butler. 

The writing is engaging, the story devastating, and the whole concept deeply thought provoking. 

So much of this story is terrifying and stomach churning and yet …. 

Depressingly unsurprising.

 Maybe that’s cynical but, or maybe it’s just a shame. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

drinaiscold's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Chronic illness, Child death, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Blood, Sexual assault, Murder, Animal death, Violence, Racism, and Gun violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Racism, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Addiction, Sexism, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, Trafficking, and Suicidal thoughts

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

I read Dawn by Octavia Butler during my freshman year in college and swore to myself I would read more of her work but I never got around to it until now. For that, I’m kicking myself. This book was hard to get through because the allegory of what could happen in the future is a much closer reality than I had hoped. This story is a warning, a premonition, a glimpse into a very scary future. Exploring themes of government corruption, climate change, extreme poverty, inability to live without creature comforts, drug abuse, and violence Butler tells a story that in many ways doesn’t seem that far off from being a reality. The characters are well-developed and easy to love and the story is terrible yet truthful. I can’t wait to read more of this series and more of Butler’s work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Violence, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Murder, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Death

leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Rape, Racism, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Trafficking