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matmatmatty's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
I really enjoyed these stories - I cannot think of a single one that was meh and some of them I was almost sad when the story ended. Would love to have read more about those characters.
Favourites have to include The Narcomancer, The Brides of Heaven and Red Dirt Witch.
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Sexual content
gilnean'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Hate crime, Infidelity, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Excrement, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Cultural appropriation
dreamerfreak's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
bmpicc's review
- 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
Turns out I could! I read this with a friend as a buddy read and it was the BEST experience. We broke down each story. The writing, what it seemed the author might be trying to say, how it relates to us and our lives, was the amount of fantasy just enough or too much and why... We talked about everything. She might very well be the reason I finished too. There were 3 stories in here, that if they had placed earlier, I might have DNF'd.
This may be more of a 3.5, but the buddy read experience upped it to a 4. Do not let my fears of sci-fi/fantasy take away from the fact that Jemisin has a way with words that I deeply respect. I was very impressed.
Graphic: Death and Racism
Moderate: Violence and Police brutality
jayisreading's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Racism
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Violence
Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, and Classism
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Child death, Drug use, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
melodyseestrees'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Racial slurs, Slavery, and Police brutality
mythian's review
- 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
Graphic: Body horror and Death
Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Sexism
rnbhargava'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: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
There’s a lot of content warnings across all these stories, I honestly probably missed some. That said, I loved the majority of Jemisin’s shorts in this book and I look forward to reading even more books from her.queergoth_reads'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Racism, and Violence
Minor: Racial slurs, Rape, Slavery, and Police brutality