Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler

6 reviews

artisticpie's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Incest, Violence, Sexual content, Death, Sexual assault, Gun violence, and Rape

Minor: Cursing, Colonisation, Cancer, Miscarriage, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and War

simareading's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

Beautiful series, I loved all three books in their own right, thought they were so vastly different from one another. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Confinement, Cancer, Colonisation, Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Rape

Moderate: Incest, Abortion, Sexual violence, War, Confinement, Medical content, Child death, and Medical trauma

mothstrand's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Colonisation, Genocide, Gun violence, Infertility, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Body horror, Incest, Confinement, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Cancer, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

Minor: War, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

dxlltopia's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Deportation, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Ableism, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and War

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Trafficking, Rape, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death, War, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Incest, Genocide, Car accident, and Cancer

mellamoger's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Cancer and Infertility

Minor: Incest, Rape, Car accident, and Slavery

kurumipanda's review

adventurous challenging informative reflective slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Infertility, and Genocide

Moderate: Xenophobia, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and Pregnancy