Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Elsie Chapman, Ellen Oh

8 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious relaxing slow-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? It's complicated

4.75

Collections of stories are always tricky to rate, but I decided to read one story a night each time I picked up the book, and I really looked forward to what fantastic tale I’d read that night. It’s nice to see some modern takes on Asian myths and legends from folks who know the tales.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Body horror, Alcohol, and Terminal illness

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Gore, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Bullying, War, Animal death, Stalking, and Classism

Minor: Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Suicide

ericadawson's review

adventurous dark emotional informative

• 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

4.0

This is a lovely collection of retellings from Eastern, Southern, and Southeastern Asia. While most of the stories were focused on romance in some way, they all had something I ended up enjoying. Would highly recommend to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Violence

readingthroughinfinity's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

I've owned this anthology for a few years now so I'm pleased I finally sat down and read it (on audio haha). There's a huge variety of mythology and folk tales from different cultures in this book, so not only did I enjoy the short stories, but I also learned about legends and tales from other countries too (some of which I'd never encountered before). As with any anthology, some stories were more memorable and impactful than others, but I liked the fact that almost all of them put a positive, more progressive spin on the original tale. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

joisaddler's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Violence, Death, Animal death, and Grief

wordsareworlds's review

adventurous emotional informative inspiring 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? No

4.5

I thoroughly enjoyed this anthology and highly recommend it for people of any age looking for short retellings and reimaginings of East and South Asian mythologies. I really liked the author's notes that followed each story, telling us a bit about the original myth, their connections to it and why they decided to write the stories they did. 

The range of emotion throughout the book is so compelling, with an excellent balance of lighthearted and sad tales. I can already tell a couple of these stories are going to stick with me for a long time to come, and am excited to read more from the new-to-me authors included here, both for YA and Adult titles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Minor: Body horror and Violence

nyoom's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Excrement, Pregnancy, and Transphobia

aegireads's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Xenophobia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Mental illness, and Grief