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Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman
6 reviews
lancemama'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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Classism, and Alcohol
hannahsutherland's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? No
One thing I loved was that so many of the stories seemed to feature a main character that is fashioned after Gaiman himself.
One thing I really, really didn't enjoy was the number of stories that featured older men hooking up with young women. One story (Looking for the Girl) even mentioned a middle aged man in a "relationship" with a sixteen year old. 🤢
I found all the stories based on H P Lovecraft's fictional town to be boring.
The stories that I would give five stars were:
🗡️Chivalry🗡️
🎅Nicholas Was...🎅
👾Virus👾
🃏Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot🃏
👶Babycakes👶
🫀Snow, Glass, Apples🫀
Reading the illustrated version Snow, Glass, Apples is what made me want to pick up an anthology of Niel Gaiman's short stories.
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
peeshpish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Gore, Blood, Drug use, Transphobia, Physical abuse, and Chronic illness
Minor: Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Infidelity
jessthanthree's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Sexual content, Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Child death
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Animal death, Death, Medical trauma, and Murder
linw21'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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Murder, and Body horror
innerweststreetlibrarian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Child death, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Abortion
Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Murder, and Rape
Minor: Alcohol, Torture, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail