Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

77 reviews

martinza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Follows a small community and mainly their leader how they try to survive and re-establish under religious oppression. Partly pretty brutal, but it shows how a kinder way tries to persist . I cried sometimes. 


Kind of a How to establish an opposing cult under christian nationalism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Violence

highmarshal_azure's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Physical abuse

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Grief, and Trafficking

Minor: Suicide

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Child death, Gore, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Trafficking

Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, Outing, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, and Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

doomluz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Somehow this one was even more prescient for 2020 than the previous book. I like that she included Lauren’s daughter’s pov. The segments of the Earthseed book feel even more like part of a full religion/philosophy in this book. Strong characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Child abuse, Outing, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexism, Physical abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, Murder, Torture, Rape, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Slavery

alomie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.5

I enjoyed this book overall as part of a duology, an almost apocalyptic world bought on by climate change, flowing into a world that is recovering and building on the first book, but this book was a major change in pace, and a change to multiple POV's. 

I found the start of the book slow, and the middle glacial and uncomfortable the end was good, this is where it really picked up for me but I think this was only because at least something vaguely positive was happening. 

It was bleak, and it was slow, and for me it was quite hard to wade through the book. It was pretty harsh to read and I was finding it hard to pick up. 

I am glad the characters got a happier ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Gun violence, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Death, Classism, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Murder, Death of parent, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexism

ellenwilberg's review against another edition

dark sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Torture, Suicide, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Trafficking, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Incest

leonieschw's review

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, War, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Racism, Grief, Slavery, Colonisation, Violence, Kidnapping, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Torture, Rape, and Miscarriage

jojo_'s review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Homophobia, Racism, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Classism, Grief, Ableism, Death of parent, Rape, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Infidelity, and Pedophilia

Minor: Gun violence, Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Toxic relationship

nmellace08's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Trafficking, and Slavery

Moderate: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Death, Colonisation, Classism, Physical abuse, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, and Grief

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, and Trafficking