Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Come Let Us Sing Anyway by Leone Ross

5 reviews

katepowellshine's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Sexy and disturbing and so well written 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Medical trauma, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

annabolson's review

challenging emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

bookishcori's review

dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Racism

brgntteva's review

dark funny reflective medium-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

5.0

terrific collection. Two of my all time favorite collection are Roupenian's You know you want this and Machado's Her body and other stories and this has immediately become the third. There are so many issues women face cleverly depicted in this book, in so many nuances and genre (erotic, dystopian, sci-fi, absurd). love it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

aishathebibliophile's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Come let us sing anyway is a quirky collection with 23 short stories and flash fiction pieces. I’m glad I waited to share this because it gave me a chance to hear the author talk about the collection over the weekend further cementing my opinion. It is a near-perfect collection. Reading this, it is evident that craft is important and brilliant writing is what makes this so great. In her own words “I have one responsibility to my readers and that is to address the quality of my sentences”. 

Thematically it’s hard to categorise because it explores such varied topics and some are more grounded in reality than others.  Like any great collection, it allows you to experience a range of emotions from empathetic, serious feelings to more whimsical, even sensuous emotions. Visceral yet tender is how I would describe this “The young black man dies like a flower.” Each story is so unique and the collection will take you on a wild ride. For those with settings, Jamaica or London, I love its fresh perspective of these places.

TW for Suicide, domestic violence and  violence against women. Other themes include loneliness, police brutality, friendship, love, queerness and family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Racism, Police brutality, Mental illness, Grief, and Fatphobia