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A review by pastelkerstin
Common Bonds: An Aromantic Speculative Anthology by C.T. Callahan, B.R. Sanders, RoAnna Sylver, Claudie Arseneault
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Rating anthologies is always hard. I liked some of the stories more than others, as I always do, but this was definitely a nice collection of works.
Most of the poetry wasn't actually explicitly speculative, but it was heartfelt, so I'm not mad about it, it just made me go "Hmm" when I realised that.
Also, just wanted to let you know that I read part of this book on Valentine's Day out of spite lol.
Also also, I'm honoured to be internet friends with Laya who did the cover art for this book. Beautiful work as always.
Most of the poetry wasn't actually explicitly speculative, but it was heartfelt, so I'm not mad about it, it just made me go "Hmm" when I realised that.
Also, just wanted to let you know that I read part of this book on Valentine's Day out of spite lol.
Also also, I'm honoured to be internet friends with Laya who did the cover art for this book. Beautiful work as always.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, and Acephobia/Arophobia
Minor: Addiction, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders
There are content warnings for the individual stories at the beginning of the book, but I think "Fishing Over The Bones of the Dragon" should have more. It lists "Death imagery, alcohol" but I'd also add torture and sexual abuse. It's the darkest story out of the bunch and should have had more warnings imo.