Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

296 reviews

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cannibalism, Addiction, Gore, Grief, Rape, Blood, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Child death, Police brutality, Slavery, and Murder

arayo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Grief, Cannibalism, Child death, Animal death, and Blood

cheyison's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Slavery, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual assault, Animal death, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Kidnapping, and Blood

modernthymes's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, and Rape

Moderate: Cannibalism, Addiction, Child death, and Child abuse

frankieclc's review against another edition

3.5

This book is absolutely not for the feint hearted. Clearly a well thought out book, and fairly well written but boy did I not enjoy a moment of reading it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Racism, and Slavery

Minor: Incest

apollo0325's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

A tense, sad, bleak, but hopeful look at the destruction humanity can wrought on both itself and the world. Octavia Butler sets the stage for us within the eyes of a young black girl with the hope that people can change because God is Change. The angle of Earthseed alongside the hyper-empathy angles gives us an unusual narrator for a dystopian story.

My only qualm with the story is mostly from a logistical standpoint, mainly the economic and government system in place. Like… why are people still using cash? Why not just barter? Why do people still go to jobs when it seems like the unemployment and houselessness rate is like 90% 😭 doesn’t make much sense to me but again, mostly a nitpick.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Cannibalism, Violence, Drug abuse, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Slavery, Police brutality, and Grief

Minor: Vomit and Excrement

calmolitor's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Child abuse, and Death of parent

twu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, Child death, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Vomit, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Slavery, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, Addiction, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

miss_fish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Abandonment, Racism, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Murder, Blood, Sexual violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Child abuse, Rape, Grief, Violence, Death, Torture, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, and Child death

ohgull's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

I absolutely loved the first half of this book. It was so dense with details, metaphors, and so much good literature. But the second half fell really flat for me. I didn’t like the romance, there were too many new characters in the last 50 pages and there wasn’t really a climax to the plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Animal death, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug use

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Rape, and Police brutality