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sarahemhavens's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
4.0
More specifically, the topics that I found most moved by were the talk of ‘westward expansion’, the destruction of native peoples and cultures, whitewashing and gentrification, western medicine vs herbal medicine, and the mistreatment and objectification of women.
Of the eleven stories, my favorites were:
Remedies
Tomi
Any Further West
All Her Names
Ghost Sickness (this one shook me most)
Biggest takeaway quotes/thoughts for me:
- “afraid of letting any amount of death work its way into me”
- “that was the first time that I missed someone while sitting right next to them”
- “Sabrina was to forever face ceilings and casket tops padded in pink satin”
- white people (“Generations of tragedy free living”) steam rolling over native culture, destroying their lands and throwing up concrete gentrification jungles that only erode years later in our failing society. (The us’ history and mistreatment of peoples never fails to devastate me, nor should it - we should constantly be reminding ourselves and educating ourselves, not try to brush anything under the rug like we tend to in the us)
- “people, we learned, weren’t permanent and neither were their sicknesses”
- “maidens strapped to railroad tracks and cowboy heroes shot dead” (“heroes”)
- “money comes with chains”
- “you make me feel full, I’m heavy with you”
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism
Moderate: Fatphobia, Genocide, Pedophilia, and Colonisation
garynoplastie's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Abortion
caseythereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Fatphobia
Minor: Ableism