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toyin_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Beautiful slowburn with playing with storytelling. We get glimpses into the past through memory and letters. I really liked the premise of new york as a state of its own home to well-to-do queers and the not so much. I liked the political elements in this world as well. My favourite part was david. How his isolation was built through how he relates to his siblings, to his grandad, his illness and how he sees his lack of (productive) value as a failing and a major cause for his middling life. There's something clever about capitalism and ableism there. His "illness" being directly affected by others when he lives such a lonely life. delicious. How he felt he just spends time alone encouraging time to pass until he meets Edward. Then it feeling too good to be true. The way that then his grandfather tries to speak to an infatuated David about what he found. All too good. I wish there was more.
Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, and Homophobia
Moderate: Rape
fkshg8465's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cancer, Colonisation, Death, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Deportation, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racism, and Terminal illness
rickle400's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, and War
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and Child death
becksusername'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
4.75
Moderate: Homophobia, Classism, Infidelity, Infertility, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Murder, Sexual assault, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Bullying
aus10england's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Homophobia
Moderate: Animal death and Colonisation
hollyenglish's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I think most reviews I've seen thought the second story was the worst one but that was probably my favourite. I much preferred the first two to the final story in the volume. Maybe I just wasn't ready to read about pandemics though! The author certainly does a good job describing a dystopian future.
Graphic: Ableism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Grief
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Racial slurs, Racism, and Homophobia
Minor: Rape
donutlookaway's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Homophobia and Chronic illness
Minor: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Rape, and Suicide
monahed's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent and Death
Moderate: Racism and Homophobia
megb64's review
Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, and Homophobia
toniamarieparker's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Death and Homophobia