Reviews tagging 'Murder'

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

29 reviews

lizardcha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Gun violence

theroastedbookery's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Brutal truth book about a not so dystopian future.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Blood, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Rape

Minor: Slavery

lilybear3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

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

Moderate: Addiction

chantale's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual violence and Addiction

Minor: Slavery, Torture, and Child abuse

ashleybeereads's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Pregnancy and Suicide

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

bookiecharm's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Grief, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Child death

topochico666's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Gripping. Such a sad story with many parallels to our society. It made me want to throw a pillow multiple times and go pick it up to hide behind 5 pages later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism

A lot of potential triggers throughout this story, but an important story by an important author.

mari77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Torture

meetyouineveryplace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Racism

angelaf's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? No

2.0

I wanted to enjoy this. I tried, but dark, dystopian books are just not for me. That said, this is a captivating piece of literature. It addresses important topics such as religion, climate change, and violence while taking its place in the afrofuturist canon. If any of those appeal to you, then definitely read this book. Read if you enjoy: dystopian, climate change, religious theory, afrofuturism, the work of NK Jemisin

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Rape