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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: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Classism
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: Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Transphobia, and Blood
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
jessthanthree's review against another edition
- 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, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gore, Sexual content, and Vomit
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, 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: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, and Murder
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: Animal death, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Abortion
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Gore, Rape, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder
Minor: Self harm, Torture, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail