Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

218 reviews

mpchiz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Murder, Gore, Animal death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, and Child death

mmestitches's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

Powerful boo, but stressful to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Classism, Ableism, Cannibalism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Hate crime, Incest, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Colonisation, Death, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Mass/school shootings, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Hate crime, Pedophilia, Murder, Grief, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, War, Trafficking, Torture, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Sexual content, Self harm, Sexism, Rape, Gore, Police brutality, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Dysphoria

lay_kone's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Death, Drug use, Murder, Pedophilia, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, and Sexual violence

noahsingh's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Medical content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Police brutality, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Addiction, Incest, and Cannibalism

Minor: Gore, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Classism, and Cancer

phantomgecko's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful medium-paced

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

4.75

This dystopia is bleak. Like I've heard people say The Road by Cormac McCarthy was bleak and depressing, which it is, but not as much as this novel. But...it does get better.

idk, like this portrays a dark future filled with violence and despicable human acts. But it also shows hope in such a world.

The Earthseed and religious aspects of it all could have been left out in my opinion. There was plenty of humanity in the book without all the philosophizing.

So, I liked the setting, the audacious speculation, the actual plot, but not so much the rest of it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, and Rape

decie's review against another edition

4.75

I'm usually not a fan of dystopian books, but this one is stunning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Murder, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Blood, Violence, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Animal death, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Grief, Excrement, Child abuse, Child death, and Rape

Moderate: Slavery, Drug use, Drug abuse, Torture, Domestic abuse, Racism, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Incest

latashman's review against another edition

I strongly dislike all of the characters. I was listening to the audiobook, I'll try again reading the physical book instead of audiobook. I'm thinking the audiobook pace and book pace combined was too slow for me. I also was trying to figure out what the point is and it felt like they were never getting to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Death, and Classism

throwback682's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring 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

4.0

Reading this book in the year before its action takes place is both troubling and validating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Child death, Body horror, Classism, Drug abuse, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Slavery

Moderate: Police brutality, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Racism

The violence that comes as people scramble and fight for resources at the end of the world is expected but

an 18 year old girl being with a 50+ yo man was creepy, unnecessary, unexpected, and kind of took me out of the story.

wormgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Pedophilia, Racism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Racism, Trafficking, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Mental illness, Misogyny, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Police brutality

denlia's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, Sexual assault, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Cannibalism, War, and Sexual violence