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gondorgirl's review
5.0
Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Mental illness, Body horror, Infidelity, and Sexual content
inlibrisveritas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
These stories were not quite what I had in mind when I sat down with the audio, but it was a fantastic read regardless. Some stories stuck a little better than others, but I liked the variety of ages of the MC's and the differing types of horror.
Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
alsoapples's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, and Body horror
honeyvoiced's review
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
favourite: fiddler, fool, pair
Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Medical content, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, and Eating disorder
Minor: Vomit and Suicide attempt
bog_moss'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Infertility
Moderate: Murder and Miscarriage
Minor: Suicide attempt
beepsies's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Not that it’s not a nigh universal experience, or that a sapphic’s relationship to her body is endlessly complicated, or that there isn’t interesting or illuminating or meaningful story to be told about it, but in a bunch of short stories where words are at a premium, I did get tired of the repetition of it.
My favorite story was “Fiddler, Fool Pair.” I was intrigued by the setup and was gripped by the escalation. There was some unpleasant body stuff in it, but it felt fitting to me. I really liked the way it ended, too. I felt like a lot of the stories were very bleak, and I felt like this one was more hopeful and had more positive to say about human connection.
I read this for a book club, and while it wasn't really an enjoyable experience for me, it was interesting to read something that just did not gel with my taste at all.
Graphic: Body horror and Murder
Moderate: Self harm, Gore, and Medical content
Minor: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Blood, Miscarriage, and Infertility
empathephant'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? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Cursing, and Murder
skillwithaquill's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The gambling concept was wild and I can only imagine how that would play out in a full length novel.
Fruiting Bodies, the story, was far more romantic than it had any right to be. It’s a beautifully gothic twist on idyllic, sapphic cottagecore. Mushrooms that grow from a lover’s body that can both feed and poison. ♥️
Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Infertility, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Murder, and Gore
Minor: Classism
Other possible triggers in various stories: a snake, an infant in peril, amputation of multiple limbs, gambling, gambling addiction, graphic description of ingesting animal blood/fat.m1923's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
5.0
Moderate: Murder