Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy

32 reviews

icedcoffeeandbookss's review

DID NOT FINISH: 4%

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I just can’t read this rn. There’s boood abd limbs cut off abd i just can’t read that rn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

robinks's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I haven’t read Parable of the Sower, but I enjoyed this graphic novel adaptation. While keeping track of the characters was difficult at first, they were given page presence in a way that got easier to discern as I read more. Also, the accuracy of this “dystopian” story to reality is eerie. Personally, I’m always turned off by particularly religious narratives or talk about God, but from a philosophical perspective, the ideas Lauren presents are very compelling. Visually, I’m not a fan of how Lauren’s verses were presented among the illustrations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Child death, Incest, Rape, Police brutality, Trafficking, Death of parent

lilybear3's review

3.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I listened to the audiobook prior and wanted to check out the graphic novel adaptation.  I will say that I preferred the audiobook because I felt that it had better descriptions and captured emotions better than the illustrations in this book.  It's still a moving and compelling story, but if choosing to read this story for the first time, I would go for the original or an audio version.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction

alphekka's review

4.5

challenging dark informative reflective tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Gore

chantale's review

3.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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: Gore, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse, Slavery, Torture

fungivibes's review

4.75

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, Cannibalism

Minor: Incest

smihalikova's review

3.0

challenging dark hopeful 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: Yes

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it was okay. it’s a little scary how butler managed to predict a lot of the future. it was very repetitive, which is the main reason i didn’t like it as much as i thought i would. also slightly pretentious. the art style wasn't my favorite either.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, Violence

readandfindout's review

3.25

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Characters: 3.5 stars
Plot: 4 stars
Worldbuilding: 3.5 stars
Art: 1 star

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Incest

glains's review

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gore, Violence

Moderate: Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Death of parent

_forestofpages's review

4.25

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking