Reviews

Love After the End: Two-Spirit Utopias & Dystopias by Joshua Whitehead

hbriggs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

emily_boyes's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

ckeeve's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Some themes I'm sitting with from this anthology are the dynamics between worldmaking and world leaving, who we take with us and who gets left behind, the possibilities (and problematics) of kinship and community. I particularly liked "Abacus," "Seed Children," and "Eloise"

remytherat's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

unread's review against another edition

inspiring reflective

3.75

fave: history of the new world, how to survive the apocalypse for native girls 

mcquaden's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.0

lilanye's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

4.0

What a beautiful collection of short stories. I enjoyed some more than others, as is often the anthology way. 

 

I loved the queerness of these stories, the imaginative scifi elements, and especially the hopeful endings. This collection did justice to  what it set out to do: how queer Indigenous communities can thrive in the imagined (and often real-life based) futures. 

 

I really recommend this collection!

alex_mlynek's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

emath98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

bookdragonkatie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0