Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

15 reviews

haileybones's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Murder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, War, and Xenophobia

chilicrispy's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, War, Xenophobia, Vomit, Slavery, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, and Kidnapping

grey_jayne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

Octavia Butler is such a great writer and, while brutal (definitely read the trigger warnings on this book), this story is amazing. Gripping and dangerous. Provocatively challenging. Perfection.

I wish she could have completed the series, especially when you get to the end and see where this story was going. The ending still works though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Trafficking, Vomit, Violence, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Kidnapping, Incest, Grief, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

fiveredhens's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

favorite quotes:

Interesting that they fear Edward Jay Smith's supposed incompetence more than they fear Jarret's obvious tyranny.

They say we have no business wasting time or money in space when there are so many people suffering here on Earth, here in America. I wonder, though, where the money received in exchange for the installations has gone. I haven't noticed any new government education or jobs programs. There's been no government help for the homeless, the sick, the hungry. Squatter settlements are as big and as nasty as ever. As a country, we've given up our birthright for even less than bread and pottage. We've given it up for nothing—although I'm sure some people somewhere are richer now.

The child in each of us
Knows paradise.
Paradise is home.
Home as it was
Or home as it should have been.

How stupid and pointless that he should die at the hands of men who didn't know him or care about him or even intend to kill him. They just didn't know how to use the powerful weapons they possessed. They gassed Zahra to death by mistake because they didn't take her size into consideration. They shocked Bankole into a heart attack by mistake because they didn't take his age into consideration.

i liked this a little bit better than the first because of the complex relationship between lauren and her daughter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Incest, Islamophobia, Racism, and Vomit

more graphic and upsetting than the first

amelreads's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Religious bigotry, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Confinement, Sexism, Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, Hate crime, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, and Vomit

Minor: Transphobia, Drug use, and Drug abuse