Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

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

32 reviews

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

hikingblues23's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

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, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Trafficking

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

ashleybeereads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Classism

Minor: Suicide, Pregnancy

Vomit: illustrated on pages 77, 78, 105 and 139

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

reviewsandreadathons's review

4.0

challenging dark medium-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder

zombiezami's review

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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: Yes

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This is my third time reading Parable of the Sower, and the first time reading it in the graphic novel version. I love John Jennings work. The colors, line work, and overall style are vibrant. The illustrations really make the story come alive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Cannibalism

Minor: Alcoholism

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