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Each Of Us A Desert by Mark Oshiro

11 reviews

rmperezpadilla's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Vomit, and Gore

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Trafficking, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse

littlesmaug's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

I liked this book but might have liked it more physically, as opposed to the audiobook. The narrator was PERFECT but the content itself was harder to follow. I can read Spanish better than listen to it so I got lost a lot whenever there would be a language shift.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, and Vomit

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Infidelity

meagangrace's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Murder, Animal death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

Minor: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

hannahr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Murder, and Vomit

Minor: Infidelity

bi_n_large's review

As much as I loved the concepts, I had trouble engaging with the very slow pace.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

piperlee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Murder, Grief, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Animal death

perditorian's review

challenging hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Slavery

Moderate: Gore and Vomit

plumpaperbacks's review

adventurous reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Each of Us a Desert was my introduction to Oshiro’s work, and I can definitely see their potential in it. The characters and the world are both well-developed, and they have a very nice writing style, pretty yet simple. I also enjoyed the slow-burn sapphic romance and general queerness of the story.

However, the downfall for me was the extremely slow pacing. I was invested at first but slowly lost interest as the story dragged on, and I considered putting the book down unfinished. There was just barely enough intrigue for me to continue, which is why I took longer than I expected to read it.

Additionally, when I finally reached the end, I found it unsatisfying, and more open than I would’ve liked. Oshiro created something that could’ve been fascinating, but the meandering pace hindered that. I do think that the themes of faith and self-honesty and making your own path were interesting and managed well, though.

The last thing I’ll address is the unapologetic Latinx nature of the novel, something I’ve seen in many YA books, but as I recall, not quite to this extent. The story is full of Spanish poems and phrases and food, written in a way that’s also understandable for those like me with very little knowledge of the language. I did like this element.

While Each of Us a Desert wasn’t my cup of tea, I’d recommend it to those that enjoy slower stories, thematic stories, and unique fantasies. I plan to read Oshiro’s debut, which I will hopefully enjoy more.

Representation

• full Latinx cast
• main sapphic romance
• numerous queer side characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Excrement

Also contains mention of murders.

iviarelle's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is one heck of a slow burn. There's not a whole lot of action. I don't think the characters get a whole lot of depth. If you prefer to have those things, this may not be a good book for you. But if you have an open mind and an open heart, there is an incredible journey here. I think the best way I could describe this book is a deeply introspective love letter to the power of stories and the power we have to interpret them. If that speaks to you, and you like the sound of an unapologetically queer desert world where poetry is a driving plot point, this book may be the sweet balm to your soul that it is to mine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Moderate: Vomit, Animal death, and Animal cruelty