Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

48 reviews

sddavis13's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Colonisation, Blood, and Cultural appropriation

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Toxic friendship, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Xenophobia, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Dysphoria, Alcohol, Classism, Gun violence, Infidelity, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

amachattie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Brutally difficult book to read. Very successful at inserting the reader into the book's historical context and at dismantling the idea that there were any "good" enslavers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Torture, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Medical trauma

midnights's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Slavery, Racism, Sexism, Medical trauma, and Death

marthadude's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity

bitterseason's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Trafficking, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Sexism, Alcoholism, Blood, Medical content, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Medical trauma, Ableism, Cursing, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Child death, and Drug abuse

haylzno's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Octavia Butler can do no wrong. I'll die on this hill

This was a quick, but tense read. 
Uncontrollable time travel, slavery, family? 

Every time I thought I knew where the story was going, Butler said "ha" and flipped one on me. 

I can see why Kindred is one of her most popular books 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Classism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical trauma, Infertility, and Miscarriage

eandrews80's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious 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

This book is so extraordinary that I'm not even sure how to review it.  Words that come to mind include brutal, beautiful, gripping, excruciating, endearing, and haunting.  A friend told me that Butler wrote this in response to a fellow Black woman proclaiming that they couldn't imagine putting up with slavery; Dana's repeated trips back in time show how a person can get used to just about anything, and how the relationships between whites and enslaved people are so much more complex than we might think.  Butler's depiction of the uneasy, love/hate relationship between Dana and Rufus is utterly brilliant.  This is a must read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Racism, Racial slurs, Death, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

ekmook's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Physical abuse, Vomit, Confinement, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Car accident, and Drug abuse

veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, Domestic abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Slavery, Racial slurs, Death, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical content, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Minor: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit