Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A mí no me engañas by Kelly Link

3 reviews

catapocalypse's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This collection was quite a ride. There were many messy people, places, and things throughout. Oftentimes, a story was a character study set in a world with peculiarities which themselves could hold an ocean's depth of story behind them. I was unsure of things at first, but honestly, I expect that a reread could bump it up to a five-star rating. There's just so much to unpack; it would take a very close reading, like studying scripture.

My favorites of the bunch were the first and final stories: "Summer People" and "Light," respectively.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Death, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

mle11's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The world-building is very adventurous in these short stories, sometimes to the point where I couldn't tell what was going on. At its best, these stories are imaginative and very immersive and read like a mystery we're unraveling. At worst, they were kind of nonsense that would only make sense on a second or third read. My favorite stories were The Summer People and Two Houses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Death, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual content, Fatphobia, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Incest, Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

cheye13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I liked the premise of a lot of these stories, and the writing style was immersive and engaging. I enjoyed the cross-genre playing, but I think most stories fell on just the wrong side of trying to do too much at once. There was also a bit more focus on superhero stories than I expected, which just aren't my thing. I liked the stories in general, just wish the worlds they're set in were a smidge less ideologically cluttered.

★★★★: The New Boyfriend, Two Houses
★★★: Secret Identity, Valley of the Girls, The Lesson, Light
★★: The Summer People, I Can See Right Through You, Origin Story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Blood, and Misogyny

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Child death and Adult/minor relationship

Not sure that this list is comprehensive, I'm having trouble remembering details.