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How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin

7 reviews

gilnean's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

jayisreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.5

This surprisingly large collection of short stories really showcased Jemisin’s talent in storytelling and her control in crafting stories from different genres and timelines. Many of these stories aren’t particularly long, yet she managed to breathe so much life into them that made me want to read more about some of these worlds. (I’m also aware that a few of these stories were prototypes—of sorts—for actual novels, which I need to check out!) I was really taken to the pervasive Afrofuturist elements in many of these stories, the way they dreamed for something more.

Like most short story collections, I found some to be more compelling than others, but all-in-all, I know any fan of science fiction/fantasy will be able to find at least two stories that will stick with them.

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

mar's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Sexism, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Rape, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

annalisaely's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book the way I tend to love N K Jemisin's work - the prose is amazing, furthered by the fact I listened to the audiobook which has a different narrator for almost every short story, and the world building took me to faraway places and times in such a vivid way. I also managed to connect with every one of the main characters, which is rare for me with a short story collection. If you want a taste tester for many different kinds of Afrofuturism, this is a great one, with space operas, alternate history, steampunk, dystopian (if I'm remembering correctly) and utopian. Plus the foreword made my author heart cry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death and Grief

leannj's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

 This will probably go down as one of my favorite (if not my most favorite of) anthologies.

Overall Average Rating: 4.15/5 stars

Final Individual Ratings

The Ones Who Stay and Fight - 3.75/5 stars
The City Born Great - 4.5 stars
Red Dirt Witch - 5/5 stars
L'Archimista - 4/5 stars
The Effluent Engine - 4.5/5 stars
Cloud Dragon Skies - 4/5 stars
The Trojan Girl - 4.25/5 stars
Valedictorian - 4/5 stars
The Storyteller's Replacement - 3.75/5 stars
The Brides of Heaven - 3.5/5 stars
The Evaluators - 3/5 stars
Walking Awake - 5/5 stars
The Elevator Dancer - 4/5 stars
Cuisine de Memoires - 4/5 stars
Stone Hunger - 4.25/5 stars
On the Banks of the River Lex - 4.25/5 stars
The Narcomancer - 5/5 stars
Henosis - 3.5/5 stars
Too Many Yesterdays, Not Enough Tomorrows - 4.5/5 stars
The You Train - 4/5 stars
Non-Zero Possibilities - 3.75/5 stars
Sinners, Saints, Dragons, and Haints, in the City Beneath the Still Waters - 5/5 stars 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence