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cmcrockford's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Very, very good with some quibbles: (1) Saunders is doing some really neat sci-fi except literary critics wouldn't quite be plotzing themselves over his work if they, oh, picked up some PKD or LeGuin or any other genre writer they deign too low for them, and (2) some of the stories pull a singular trick with "person in dystopia has eyes opened" and you can only do that so many times before it's just a trick and not a real emotional process.
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content
scmiller's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Misogyny, Blood, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
jeanbpdx's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
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