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brulereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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: Addiction, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Abandonment
tensepopcorn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
- this was probably my favorite story in this collection. I wasn’t expecting it to impact me when reading.
- Again, tragic story but moving. I didn’t really like how it ended. I was wanting more.
- very very sad. I liked the story but I wanted more. I didn’t like how it ended.
- I really didn’t enjoy this one. I understand the frustration of the main character but still.
- another sad one. Very good but still lingering and not in a good way.
- this was another good story and probably my third favorite.
- I really felt bad for the main character, her mother was terrible and really selfish. This one was heartbreaking. It was still great! “Any Further West” is a great title due to the mother going west but it my opinion she can’t go west ENOUGH. The mother will never have enough space between her and her home.
- pretty good, not much to say not as good as the last one. I did enjoy the narrator here.
- good but the ending fell way flat for me. But i think it was about to have a story about the father in another story.
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
shellroch285'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
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Drug use, Fatphobia, and Abortion
Minor: Pregnancy
sarahemhavens's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
4.0
More specifically, the topics that I found most moved by were the talk of ‘westward expansion’, the destruction of native peoples and cultures, whitewashing and gentrification, western medicine vs herbal medicine, and the mistreatment and objectification of women.
Of the eleven stories, my favorites were:
Remedies
Tomi
Any Further West
All Her Names
Ghost Sickness (this one shook me most)
Biggest takeaway quotes/thoughts for me:
- “afraid of letting any amount of death work its way into me”
- “that was the first time that I missed someone while sitting right next to them”
- “Sabrina was to forever face ceilings and casket tops padded in pink satin”
- white people (“Generations of tragedy free living”) steam rolling over native culture, destroying their lands and throwing up concrete gentrification jungles that only erode years later in our failing society. (The us’ history and mistreatment of peoples never fails to devastate me, nor should it - we should constantly be reminding ourselves and educating ourselves, not try to brush anything under the rug like we tend to in the us)
- “people, we learned, weren’t permanent and neither were their sicknesses”
- “maidens strapped to railroad tracks and cowboy heroes shot dead” (“heroes”)
- “money comes with chains”
- “you make me feel full, I’m heavy with you”
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism
Moderate: Fatphobia, Genocide, Pedophilia, and Colonisation
gabbygarcia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation
Minor: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
generational trauma, gentrificationbelle2008's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol
caseythereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Fatphobia
Minor: Ableism