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morningstar1993's review against another edition
3.0
My average rating was a 3. Some where amazing, a couple were horrible. Most were standard. This isn't my favorite collection but it definately was unique. It was neat to see the themes were an Island had multiple authors.
I left the authors name, the island which they come from and the star rating for each story. I also left trigger warnings on 2.
Part I
SHARON MILLAR The Whale House Trinidad & Tobago 3/5
DWIGHT THOMPSON The Science of Salvation Jamaica 3.5/5
KEVIN BALDEOSINGH Cheque Mate Trinidad & Tobago 2/5
IVORY KELLY This Thing We Call Love Belize 4/5 Quick note, I love how the dialogue was written. It was easier to get the vibe of the people with the speak having an obvious dialect vs almost robot.
Part II
BARBARA JENKINS A Good Friday Trinidad & Tobago 3/5
SHARON LEACH All the Secret Things No One Ever Knows Jamaica [trigger warning incest] 2.5/5
JOANNE C. HILLHOUSE Amelia at Devil’s Bridge Antigua & Barbuda 3/5
EZEKEL ALAN Waywardness Jamaica I DNF after two paragraphs. Wtf. "Straighter gay" and the Nazi comments. 0/5
HEATHER BARKER And the Virgin’s Name Was Leah Barbados. 1/5
JANICE LYNN MATHER Mango Summer Bahamas 2/5
KIMMISHA THOMAS Berry Jamaica 3/5
KEVIN JARED HOSEIN The Monkey Trap Trinidad & Tobago 2/5
Garfield Ellis Father, Father Jamaica 3/5
I left the authors name, the island which they come from and the star rating for each story. I also left trigger warnings on 2.
Part I
SHARON MILLAR The Whale House Trinidad & Tobago 3/5
DWIGHT THOMPSON The Science of Salvation Jamaica 3.5/5
KEVIN BALDEOSINGH Cheque Mate Trinidad & Tobago 2/5
IVORY KELLY This Thing We Call Love Belize 4/5 Quick note, I love how the dialogue was written. It was easier to get the vibe of the people with the speak having an obvious dialect vs almost robot.
Part II
BARBARA JENKINS A Good Friday Trinidad & Tobago 3/5
SHARON LEACH All the Secret Things No One Ever Knows Jamaica [trigger warning incest] 2.5/5
JOANNE C. HILLHOUSE Amelia at Devil’s Bridge Antigua & Barbuda 3/5
EZEKEL ALAN Waywardness Jamaica I DNF after two paragraphs. Wtf. "Straighter gay" and the Nazi comments. 0/5
HEATHER BARKER And the Virgin’s Name Was Leah Barbados. 1/5
JANICE LYNN MATHER Mango Summer Bahamas 2/5
KIMMISHA THOMAS Berry Jamaica 3/5
KEVIN JARED HOSEIN The Monkey Trap Trinidad & Tobago 2/5
Garfield Ellis Father, Father Jamaica 3/5
sannereadstheworld's review against another edition
A great collection for anyone looking for new-to-them writers.
I especially love the stories Berry by Kimmisha Thomas and A Good Friday by Barbara Jenkins
I especially love the stories Berry by Kimmisha Thomas and A Good Friday by Barbara Jenkins
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, and Incest
content warnings for these short stories: incest for All the Secret Things No One Ever Knows violence and sexual violence for Waywardness violence for And the Virgin's Name Was Leah violence for Father, Fathermorningstar916's review against another edition
3.0
My average rating was a 3. Some where amazing, a couple were horrible. Most were standard. This isn't my favorite collection but it definately was unique. It was neat to see the themes were an Island had multiple authors.
I left the authors name, the island which they come from and the star rating for each story. I also left trigger warnings on 2.
Part I
SHARON MILLAR The Whale House Trinidad & Tobago 3/5
DWIGHT THOMPSON The Science of Salvation Jamaica 3.5/5
KEVIN BALDEOSINGH Cheque Mate Trinidad & Tobago 2/5
IVORY KELLY This Thing We Call Love Belize 4/5 Quick note, I love how the dialogue was written. It was easier to get the vibe of the people with the speak having an obvious dialect vs almost robot.
Part II
BARBARA JENKINS A Good Friday Trinidad & Tobago 3/5
SHARON LEACH All the Secret Things No One Ever Knows Jamaica [trigger warning incest] 2.5/5
JOANNE C. HILLHOUSE Amelia at Devil’s Bridge Antigua & Barbuda 3/5
EZEKEL ALAN Waywardness Jamaica I DNF after two paragraphs. Wtf. "Straighter gay" and the Nazi comments. 0/5
HEATHER BARKER And the Virgin’s Name Was Leah Barbados. 1/5
JANICE LYNN MATHER Mango Summer Bahamas 2/5
KIMMISHA THOMAS Berry Jamaica 3/5
KEVIN JARED HOSEIN The Monkey Trap Trinidad & Tobago 2/5
Garfield Ellis Father, Father Jamaica 3/5
I left the authors name, the island which they come from and the star rating for each story. I also left trigger warnings on 2.
Part I
SHARON MILLAR The Whale House Trinidad & Tobago 3/5
DWIGHT THOMPSON The Science of Salvation Jamaica 3.5/5
KEVIN BALDEOSINGH Cheque Mate Trinidad & Tobago 2/5
IVORY KELLY This Thing We Call Love Belize 4/5 Quick note, I love how the dialogue was written. It was easier to get the vibe of the people with the speak having an obvious dialect vs almost robot.
Part II
BARBARA JENKINS A Good Friday Trinidad & Tobago 3/5
SHARON LEACH All the Secret Things No One Ever Knows Jamaica [trigger warning incest] 2.5/5
JOANNE C. HILLHOUSE Amelia at Devil’s Bridge Antigua & Barbuda 3/5
EZEKEL ALAN Waywardness Jamaica I DNF after two paragraphs. Wtf. "Straighter gay" and the Nazi comments. 0/5
HEATHER BARKER And the Virgin’s Name Was Leah Barbados. 1/5
JANICE LYNN MATHER Mango Summer Bahamas 2/5
KIMMISHA THOMAS Berry Jamaica 3/5
KEVIN JARED HOSEIN The Monkey Trap Trinidad & Tobago 2/5
Garfield Ellis Father, Father Jamaica 3/5
bookofcinz's review against another edition
3.0
As Olive Senior says in the preface The stories are for the most part serious but, like Caribbean life, often salted and spiced with humour and the sweetness of island expressions
I love Caribbean short stories and when I saw this collection I definitely felt led to read it. It boosted authors from all over the Caribbean, some I have never heard of, others I wanted to hear more from. The collection felt truly Caribbean and explored a lot of the themes I never get tired of reading about.
I have to say, majority of the stories in this collection felt incomplete or lacking but I thoroughly enjoyed Ivory Kelly's This Thing We Call Love and Sharon Leach's All The Secret Things No One Ever Knows .
I love Caribbean short stories and when I saw this collection I definitely felt led to read it. It boosted authors from all over the Caribbean, some I have never heard of, others I wanted to hear more from. The collection felt truly Caribbean and explored a lot of the themes I never get tired of reading about.
I have to say, majority of the stories in this collection felt incomplete or lacking but I thoroughly enjoyed Ivory Kelly's This Thing We Call Love and Sharon Leach's All The Secret Things No One Ever Knows .
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