Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

60 reviews

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

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

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

kstericker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Rape, Violence, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Sexual content

Minor: Incest and Vomit

iamsammie27's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective 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: Slavery, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, and Trafficking

Minor: Death of parent

narbine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Alcohol, Slavery, Torture, Racism, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gore, Death, Vomit, Alcoholism, Blood, Colonisation, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

sillyduckie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Minor: Incest

mandi4886's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Infertility, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, War, and Vomit

Minor: Body shaming, Colonisation, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Stalking, and Antisemitism

aseel_reads's review against another edition

reflective 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

this was a powerful read. easy to fly through, horrifying but captivating at the same time. the ending confused me a little but the whole book was super impactful. big fan

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

sjanke2's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexual violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm