Reviews tagging 'Racism'

La Parabole du semeur by Octavia E. Butler

294 reviews

cheyison's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

franksalot's review against another edition

3.5

This book is absolutely not for the feint hearted. Clearly a well thought out book, and fairly well written but boy did I not enjoy a moment of reading it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Incest

jillian_mon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Violence, and Murder

mgrim10's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

miss_fish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

niebezpiecznygroszek's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

riverleafing's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

noahsingh's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, and Classism

imogenclendinning's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

phantomgecko's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful medium-paced

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

4.75

This dystopia is bleak. Like I've heard people say The Road by Cormac McCarthy was bleak and depressing, which it is, but not as much as this novel. But...it does get better.

idk, like this portrays a dark future filled with violence and despicable human acts. But it also shows hope in such a world.

The Earthseed and religious aspects of it all could have been left out in my opinion. There was plenty of humanity in the book without all the philosophizing.

So, I liked the setting, the audacious speculation, the actual plot, but not so much the rest of it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder