Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Xenogenesis: Dawn / Adulthood Rites / Imago by Octavia E. Butler

4 reviews

juice's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

Absolutely incredible! Highly recommend

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Xenophobia, Racism, Incest, War, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Medical content, Self harm, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Animal death, Infidelity, Child abuse, Classism, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Car accident, Grief, Infertility, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Rape, Police brutality, Cancer, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

This trilogy focuses on cultural misunderstanding in extreme cultural difference. Similarly, there is an exploration of consent as a theme (as well as a potentially dated view of consent).

simareading's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

Beautiful series, I loved all three books in their own right, thought they were so vastly different from one another. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Confinement, Cancer, Colonisation, Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Rape

Moderate: Incest, Abortion, Sexual violence, War, Confinement, Medical content, Child death, and Medical trauma

paigeno's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

hannahmarierobbins's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• 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

Moderate: Grief, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Hate crime