Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

87 reviews

joharrismay's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-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

5.0

One of my all time favs. I haven’t read it in a while just it’s so good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, War, Gaslighting, Medical content, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Grief, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

sarahofstories's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Death of parent, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail

clovelatte's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

it’s been weeks and I’m still thinking about this book. Reading this in 2023, the year before the events of the book, is more than a little spooky. We’re not quite there but gosh does it feel possible. I think there’s so much here about the human spirit in crisis and ways our systems of oppression enact violence on all of us. I’ve already requested the second book and I’m gutted that Octavia never got to finish the third. Definitely would recommend if dystopian fiction is your thing and as someone with religious traumas I found it particularly interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Child death, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Death, Pedophilia, Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Abandonment, Genocide, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

kimmyv's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

Well i kind of hated this. Well written, but i hated it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Slavery, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Murder, Medical trauma, Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Sexism, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Animal death, Police brutality, Grief, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Animal death

stephanie_b's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Child abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Alcoholism, Drug use, Blood, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Excrement, Gore, Sexual assault, and Torture

jabakken's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Slavery, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Rape, Suicide attempt, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

natalie_gumm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Trafficking, Slavery, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Violence, Racism, Cannibalism, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Police brutality and Pedophilia

rachelmerrie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-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? No

3.0

The first half was very interesting, the second half lost my attention. I think the second half maybe was just as interesting, just dragged on? The concept is so captivating and challenging. Worth the read, tons of TWs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Gun violence, Cannibalism, Abandonment, Rape, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Grief, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, War, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Child death, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death, Trafficking, Gore, Animal death, Addiction, Pedophilia, Murder, Mass/school shootings, and Colonisation

gagereadsstuff's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Violence, Addiction, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Classism, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Police brutality, Racism, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Sexual assault

keato's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense slow-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

This book is so unlike other books I’ve read. It started off pretty slow and I didn’t really get into it until like 1/3 of the way through, but wow it’s so thought provoking and beautiful and I ended up loving it. It’s wild to make the general mood of such a violent and terrifying book reflective. And it’s wild to have such a reflective book without focusing much on emotions. Like,

Lauren does not process her grief about literally everyone she knows dying. And it doesn’t seem to change the way she acts. She doesn’t get irrational or angry or anything, she just focuses on what she needs to do and adopts strays along the journey

. Ugh I’m so excited to talk about this book at book club.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Incest, Torture, Trafficking, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pedophilia, Slavery, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Drug abuse