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Reviews tagging 'Ableism'
Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite by Natalie C. Parker, Zoraida Córdova
20 reviews
jessereadsthings's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Bullying and Animal death
amberinpieces's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
Moderate: Blood, Ableism, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cursing, Vomit, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Racism, Violence, Alcohol, Death, and Grief
jodierose14'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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, Child death, Ableism, and Murder
fionamatilda's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Transphobia, Terminal illness, Ableism, and Homophobia
Minor: Child abuse and Bullying
carlyoc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
I started out of order, reading the last story V.E. Schwab's "First Kill," so that I could watch the Netflix show based on it even though it was unfortunately canceled after one season. Then I went back to the beginning and read the rest. Each story brought something new to the vampire genre, but I had a few favorites.
Rebecca Roanhoarse's "The Boys from Blood River" had excellent rural horror vibes that chilled my blood.
"In Kind" by Kayla Whaley addressed how disability relates to identity, and the harmful narratives that occur when ableist caregivers and onlookers speak in the place of disabled people.
The anthology's instigators, Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker wrote "Vampires Never Say Die," in which a young teenager befriends an ancient vampire through social media.
Dhonielle Clayton's luscious worldbuilding in "The House of Black Sapphires" felt like it was setting up for a full-length novel, which I would totally read.
I highly recommend this book to any and all YA vampire fans.
Graphic: Ableism and Blood
victoriousbookworm's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Gore
Minor: Ableism
kaetheluise_nckl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Vomit, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Outing, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Alcohol
emily_mh's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, and Blood
Moderate: Murder, Cursing, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Transphobia, Death, Violence, Bullying, Physical abuse, Body horror, and Gore
Minor: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Animal death, Confinement, Abortion, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Torture, Slavery, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Deadnaming, Medical content, Vomit, War, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexism, Racism, Homophobia, Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, Excrement, Gun violence, and Alcoholism
Graphic warnings for grooming, "mercy" killing. Moderate warnings for sick parent, blackmail, climate change/global warming. Minor warnings for the homophobic d-slur, mass death, loss of a loved one, nuclear warfare, physical illness, pandemic, divorce.jessthanthree'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? No
4.0
Moderate: Ableism and Medical trauma
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Blood, Death, and Transphobia
Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Racism, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Stalking
Minor: Sexual violence, Slavery, Animal death, and Cultural appropriation
The first story, Seven Nights For Dying, involves what I can only read as grooming, although it is not framed this way.More than one story has the issue many vampire YA stories have with a love interest being chronologically much older.
The cultural appropriation warning is for how the final story, First Kill, briefly namedrops a certain entity from Algonquian folklore that must not be referred to by name.