Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

195 reviews

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Rape

lwarburton's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

There is so much to unpack but at the same time so much left up to the imagination like why this happened in the first place and why it ended the way it day. I understand why people are still reading it till this day.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Blood

a_alves00's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

kurumipanda's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

kailey_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit

ewwniamh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, and Alcohol

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

Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, Self harm, and Vomit

danycatreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

5.0

Wow. Simply, wow. This is my second of Octavia Butler's novels. And I'm simply amazed and speechless. I loved the other novel, Parable of the Sower, and I was very glad she kept her prose direct and clear because the novel is complex enough with all the harrowing themes around slavery she touches upon. And she manages it magnificently.
I wonder, in the future, what will other generations think of us? What have we normalized that will be barbaric for them? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

icapturethecastle's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

genzea's review against another edition

dark informative 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Moderate: Ableism and Self harm

Worth reading. Very interesting and intense story. Deserves all the hype