Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Wilde Saat by Octavia E. Butler

55 reviews

simareading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual violence, Self harm, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Incest, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Death, Deadnaming, Confinement, Colonisation, Child death, Blood, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Abandonment

hanna782's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

I wasn’t expecting to like this book as much as I did. I thought it was great. I probably would have gave it 5 stars but, honestly, Doro made me uncomfortable. However, I think that was the point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicide

tlaynejones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

bookaquarius's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, Slavery, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Child death

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Transphobia, and Violence

eli_is_trying's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Incest, Toxic relationship, Murder, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Trafficking, Slavery, and Pedophilia

Minor: Abortion, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

booktribe's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual assault

jazjoyner91's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

unilsen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, and Slavery

megloveswords12's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Minor: Sexual content