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A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope by Patrice Caldwell

4 reviews

caprivoyant's review against another edition

One of the best short story collections I've ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, Death, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Rape, Death of parent, Slavery, Misogyny, and Violence

Unfortunately, I lost my personal notes when cataloging the content for this book, so I'm sure I'm missing some. 😩 I'm so sorry. Please refer to other reviews for more detailed content warnings.

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Body horror, War, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Gun violence, Medical content, Racism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Gore, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Xenophobia

Minor: Self harm, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Rape, and Torture

"When Life Hands You a Lemon Fruitbomb" contains war, death, violence, and mentions of torture. "Gilded" contains slavery, racism, injury, violence, confinement, body horror, and death. "Wherein Abigail Fields Recalls Her First Death And, Subsequently, Her Best Life" contains gun violence, racism, death, murder, and body horror. "The Rules of the Land" contains domestic/child abuse, violence, alcoholism, and fire. "A Hagiography of Starlight" contains confinement and a relationship between a teenager and an immortal being, which is implied to be deceitful on the latter's end but romanticized from the former's perspective. "Melie" contains animal death, violence, fire, and mentions of xenophobia and fatphobia. "The Goddess Provides" contains death, religious bigotry, fire, violence, gore, implied misogyny, unsanitary, confinement, suicidal ideation, and mention of ritualistic self-harm/bloodletting. "Hearts Turned to Ash" contains body horror, gore, blood, implied sexual content, and smoking. "Letting the Right One In" contains depression, blood, injury, and mentioned suicide and homophobia. "Tender-Headed" contains toxic friendship, tense family dynamics, and spiders. "Kiss the Sun" contains colorism, body horror, fire, violence, sexual comments, and mentions of infidelity and sexual assault/rape. "The Actress" contains fire, racism, injury in a flashback, and mentions of cancer, gun violence, and alcoholism in the context of in-universe fiction. "All the Time in the World" contains racism, deliberate pollution, and mentions of gun violence, death, and police brutality. "The Witch's Skin" contains racism, death, murder, grief, pregnancy, body horror, gore, and implied sexual content.

nyoom's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Infidelity

kelseyland's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

A fantastic collection of short stories inspired by a combination of folklore, myths, and real-world events. This was a great introduction to a lot of authors I was unfamiliar with and will definitely look out for now. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Racism, Slavery, and Homophobia

Minor: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Bullying