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readingsofaslinky's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
szuum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Cancer
erikawynn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gun violence
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Incest, Rape, Torture, and Death of parent
queer_bookwyrm's review against another edition
- 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
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler is a collection of fiction and science fiction short stories and two essays. As some of you know, Butler is my favorite author, and I am working on collecting all her works.
Butler has such a unique and poignant way of writing aliens. I loved the aliens in Bloodchild for how disturbing they were while also being integrated with human society. Butler always situates humans as the one being taken over and being the lesser beings. This particular story reminded me of her Xenogenesis series.
Speech Sounds was a story about an illness that impairs people in different ways, including destroying the ability of language, spoken and written. It was about finding different ways of communicating. Similarly, Amnesty explore alternate ways of communicating with the plan-like aliens that have come to Earth.
I even enjoyed the two essays included, especially the second essay with tips on writing. This is definitely a collection I will be rereading at some point. I just love absorbing all of Butler's ideas and concepts. I will never stop shouting about Butler's work!
Have you seen that one of Butler's works is going to be a tv show?! You know I'm hyped for it!
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gore, Incest, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Child death and Miscarriage
adoras's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Slavery, and Xenophobia