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skudiklier's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, Homophobia, Child death, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Violence, Physical abuse, Drug use, Confinement, Grief, Sexual content, Child abuse, Racism, and Transphobia
Minor: Slavery, Medical content, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Outing, Murder, and Mental illness
maxgdy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, and Violence
Minor: Medical content, Sexual content, Slavery, and Transphobia
So beautiful and sweet with a fitting ending for such an spiritual book like this one.bookstagramrepresent's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
It’s hard to put words to how I feel about The Stars and the Blackness Between Them. Juanada Petrus is a brilliant storyteller. It was such an emotional reading experience, and once I started I was completely pulled in. TSATBBT is a beautifully written story about owning our truths and loving who we are. It’s also the FIRST book by a Trini with a Trini MC I’ve ever read in YA. I never once expected to see myself in book LIKE THIS. So completely. I love my island and I love my Caribbean heritage - I didn’t realize how it’s been so hard not seeing that rep EVER. Or what it would be like experiencing it for the first time in my 30’s. This a story about finding the strength to live authentically, if we can, and deciding what is important to us in life. I highly recommend reading this gorgeously queer book!
Grab a copy from your fave indie - I love @charisbooksandmore or @bookshop_org (affiliate link in my carrd) and don’t forget to follow the beautiful soul who penned this book @junauda
REP | Trinidadian lesbian MC, Black sapphic MC, Black Caribbean side characters, Black (with Trinidadian and South African) sapphic side characters
CW // homophobic violence, homophobia, death (off-page) and themes of dying
Graphic: Homophobia, Death, and Violence
yvonne_cl's review
- 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? No
3.0
Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Violence
Minor: Medical content
bencaroline's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Racism, and Homophobia
Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Cancer, Violence, and Confinement
Minor: Body shaming, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Vomit, Slavery, and Child death
achingallover's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit
otherworlds's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Violence, and Police brutality
Minor: Slavery