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The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

75 reviews

leighannebfd3b's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide

lorettacambron's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Minor: Gun violence and Racial slurs

alyreadsbooks's review

challenging emotional informative tense medium-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Racial slurs

bodiesinbooks's review

reflective tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Infidelity

annabolson's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

honeyhistory103's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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

3.5

This is a beautifully written collection. The stories are reflective and thought-provoking, and have an emotion to them that laces itself between each carefully chosen word. The close dealing with race and womanhood, and often the intersection of those things, makes it feel intimately familiar, as if the characters in the stories are people that live just down the block. Evans writes characters that are painfully realistic, neither all good nor all bad, but simply human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Suicide, Grief, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, and Hate crime

Moderate: Violence and Car accident

Minor: Mass/school shootings

caseythereader's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

• 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

- Every single story in this collection feels like it could be its own novel, and yet somehow I am not left wanting more from any of them - they are all perfectly self-contained.
- Some feel ripped from modern headlines (Boys Go to Jupiter) and some are steeped in family history (Alcatraz) but every one feels populated with real people and real history.
- And when everyone tells you the novella that closes this book is phenomenal, everyone is right - holy cats, wow! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

keeganrb's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual content

sfbookgirl's review

medium-paced

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

4.0

In high school, one of my English class assignments was to write a series of personal, short stories. I didn’t love the assignment, but one element of the task that I did enjoy was reading one of my classmate’s drafts during class time allocated for peer review. The Office of Historical Corrections reminds me of my old classmate’s writing in so many ways in that it’s compact, beautiful, and always ends with a gut-punching line. This book brought me back to that time in high school when I quickly learned that phenomenal writing is a gift.

Composed of six short stories and one novella, The Office of Historical Corrections is one you don’t want to skip. Danielle Evans is an incredibly talented writer whose short stories blew me away. Some of my favorites were “Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain,” “Alcatraz,” and “Anything Could Disappear.” The last section of Evan’s book, her novella, almost felt too long, but overall I found this book to be a masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

leekaufman's review

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Violence