Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

70 reviews

aralakh's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Rape and Violence

booknug's review

sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

notthatlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Rape and Violence

frida_epilogo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and War

edensbookshelf's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Colonisation

thenonbinaryc's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Child death, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and War

mizelse's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infertility, and Car accident

veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

Eins der faszinierendsten Bücher, die ich je gelesen habe. Ein Science-Ficton Buch, dass unglaublich wichtig Themen in der Gesellschaft durch einen neuen  Blickwinkel anspricht: Geschlecht/Gender/Sex, sexuelle Gewalt und körperliche Autonomie, romantische Beziehungen, Kolonisierung, Hierarchien in der Gesellschaft und Ausgrenzung. 
Es ist unglaublich gut geschrieben. Manchmal weiß man nicht was richtig oder falsch, was gut was böse und was gerechtfertigt und was unverzeihlich ist. 
Das Buch ist auf jeden Fall empfehlenswert, man sollte sich aber vorher die Triggerwarings anschauen.
Die deutsche Übersetzung ist ganz okay, sollte aber bezüglich der Pronomen nochmal überarbeitet werden.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Infertility, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Death, Homophobia, and Car accident

shoohoob's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

I think this book solidified that I am not a sci-fi/fantasy reader. My brain is just not built for the world-building. 

That being said, this book was fascinating. It was deeply uncomfortable, unsettling, and infuriating to read at times. It’s so interesting that way you almost want to root for both the Oankali and Lilith, but both make it so hard. 

Octavia Butler does such a wonderful job commenting on colonization, xenophobia, and even gender in this book. I found myself referring to the ooloi as he/him but Lilith’s commentary on other people’s reactions to it really put a mirror in my face. 

That being said, I’m not sure that I’ll continue the series. I was almost too uncomfortable and I didn’t really find myself caring about what happens to the characters. I connected more to the commentary than the actual story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

docchia's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense

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

4.5

Some parts were disturbing, but I loved it. Will be reading more of this series/author. Gave it a half-star off because of chosen-one trope that serves the narrative but is nevertheless infuriating to read. Otherwise, a flawless story that drew me in from the first chapter and 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism