Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite by Natalie C. Parker, Zoraida Córdova

4 reviews

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Ableism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Racism, Violence, Alcohol, Death, and Grief

jenny_librarian's review

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

Like all anthologies, it has its ups and downs.

I really liked the stories by Kayla Whaley (In Kind) and Mark Oshiro (Mirrors, Windows & Selfies). It was also really cool to read the origin of the show First Kill and see how the original material held compared to the show (much better!)

On the other hand, some of the stories were either plain boring or not clear enough. Dhonielle Clayton’s The House of Black Sapphire had too many characters and didn’t not feel that connected to its specific sub theme.

I don’t feel like the notes at the end of each chapter added much (except for the stories where the relation to the sub theme was nebulous), but they could be a good addition to those who don’t know much about vampire lore in general.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

atlas_shruggs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This is one of the few short story collections I have ever read, and I enjoyed it thoroughly throughout. The collection covers different aspects of the myth of the vampire, told both through short stories and short essays by the editors, Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker. The essays were hilarious but also good addons to the stories, and give you better insight into the history of the vampire. The stories themselves are excellently written, and the characters in them often break the vampire stereotype, with one of the vampires being in a wheelchair and one of the vampire slayers being a fat girl. The view they gave of the vampire myths were refreshing, and I loved how good the representation in the stories was. I highly recommend this collection whether you're a fan of vampires or not, as it is highly entertaining and also wonderfully educational. 
Average Rating: 3.75
Seven Nights For Dying: 3 stars
The Boys from Blood River: 3.75
Senior Year Sucks: 4
The Boy and the Bell: 3
A Guidebook for the Newly Sired Desi Vampire: 4.75
In Kind: 4.5
Vampires Never Say Die: 3
Bestiary: 2.75
Mirrors, Windows and Selfies: 3.5
The House of Black Sapphires: 4
First Kill: 4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Torture, Blood, Ableism, Violence, Transphobia, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Vomit, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, and Animal death

caitlin_doggos's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Homophobia, Violence, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Dysphoria, and Gore