Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

176 reviews

marilla07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Medical content, and Physical abuse

alspacedout's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Suicide attempt and Rape

alexashabit'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, Self harm, and Vomit

bookswithbethx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Racism, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Grief, Death, Child death, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

yourpal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

Absolutely incredible, definitely worth the read. It’s a painful one to be sure but unbelievably well written. It pulls you in and doesn’t let you go and you definitely won’t want it to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Vomit, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, Rape, Racism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Abandonment, Violence, Xenophobia, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Death, Child death, and Child abuse

bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

The past isn’t so far away… This book is a must read.  Every word is gripping and visceral. Butler transports the reader through time and space. Truly this story stands alone because of how clearly it speaks about the horrors of slavery, the tangled web of complicity, suffering, and shame the accompanied it and the time, and how clear it is that hate and prejudice remain with us today, and still need to be battled with in all its forms. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Cursing

Minor: Infidelity, Infertility, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Child death

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Suicide, Violence, Slavery, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexual violence

Minor: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Addiction

clorbor07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Racism

mickeyisnthere's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Violence, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

mcchristofoletti's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5361633531

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Colonisation, and Hate crime

Minor: Child death, Alcoholism, Death, Sexism, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Ableism, and Murder