Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

La Parabole du semeur by Octavia E. Butler

299 reviews

bree_reads_too_much's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

Fitting that I read this book in 2024 the year this book begins in. I finished it while listening to the sirens outside that never seem to cease, as I live in a city and a state with a large drug and houseless problem. 

This book written and published, I believe in the early 90’s about a dystopian near future (2024-2027) and is about faith, question faith, community, perseverance and survival. I found it powerful, dark, painful and terrifying at times because with the state of the world we currently live in, this reality feels far too inevitable. Even as I was gutted by the terrible things these people saw and lived through, I couldn’t put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Rape, Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

htoo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

It’s really a 3.75 but I’m rounding it up to four because it’s Octavia E. Butler and I’ve enjoyed her other works. The story takes a while to get into, things didn’t start getting interesting until halfway through the book. I kind of procrastinated in finishing this book because of the writing/narrative style. The prose was okay but not profound in any way. I find the Earthseed poetry cringy. To be honest, majoring in English has lowkey ruined reading certain books for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Rape, Cannibalism, and Pedophilia

abi_lowe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cannibalism, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Racism, Addiction, and Gun violence

happy_birthday's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

a very worthwhile post-apocalypse! a lot more shooting poor people in the face than I expected

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Child death, and Trafficking

it'd be a little easier to list the content warnings this book doesn't have

shesreadingagain_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Violence, Child death, Grief, Animal death, Death, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Classism, Drug use, Stalking, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, War, and Torture

ashoesmaker's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Vomit, and Rape

tey_lynn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Gun violence, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Cursing, Murder, Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death, Child death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, and Animal death

kjcrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Violence, Gun violence, Drug use, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

heemeeraa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child death, Classism, Gaslighting, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Colonisation, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Police brutality, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Trafficking, War, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Slavery, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, and Sexism

mackjonezz's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

Huuuuuge bummer of a story. Loved the premise, but prose was tedious and hard to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, War, Sexual assault, Child death, and Rape

Will be very disturbing for sensitive readers.