Reviews tagging 'War'

La Parabole du semeur by Octavia E. Butler

61 reviews

thebooklist's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and War

eamador's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Racism, Violence, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Slavery, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and War

punkhunk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Octavia Butler managed to reel me in immediately. i was so captivated by this book i struggled to put it down. highly recommend this, all of the themes are relevant to now, especially important now. 

this book may end up influencing my own religious beliefs, and it's a work of fiction. the belief is real, despite the book taking place in an alternate future of our world. 

i do see where Butler is coming from with her depiction of what she was observing 30 years ago. we may still even get to the point of ecological and societal collapse she describes here, if we don't snap out of our war ridden ways. 

amazing book. please read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Sexual violence, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Car accident, Incest, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Excrement, and Murder

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

I enjoyed this book a lot, even though some chapters were hard to get through due to the amount of terrible, apocalyptic things that were occuring (just look at all the TWs).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Rape, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Cannibalism, Classism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Sexual assault, and Slavery

amisk23's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Cannibalism, and Violence

cinderrunner's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring 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? No

5.0

Amazing, thought provoking yet simplistic writing. Its a shame how relevant this book still is 30 years later. A truly brilliant work

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Trafficking, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Rape, War, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Gun violence, Child death, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Torture

kipiekie's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Cannibalism, Drug use, and Slavery

Minor: Rape, Trafficking, War, and Police brutality

kenz73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Gun violence, War, Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Drug abuse, Violence, Cursing, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Classism, Addiction, and Cannibalism

booksviavilla's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, War, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, and Vomit

burntsiennabooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, War, Rape, Violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Gore, Grief, Rape, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse