Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler

5 reviews

geonox's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Violence

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Sexual violence, War, and Infertility

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

msway's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

With Octavia butler, being my absolute favorite author, this is my absolute favorite book written by her. I love the world building. She creates how she can make you simultaneously love and hate the same character. The sadness and desperation, her writing evokes. This book had everything. it put on display all of humanity‘s faults. But also had hope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Slavery, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, War, Pedophilia, Murder, Mental illness, Infertility, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Dysphoria

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

librarycowboy's review

challenging dark reflective fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Misogyny, Colonisation, Body horror, Infertility, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Body horror, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: War, Incest, Suicide attempt, and Rape