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booksthatburn's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Ableism, Infidelity, Gore, Gun violence, War, Death, Racism, Bullying, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Violence, Colonisation, Abandonment, Grief, Excrement, Murder, Torture, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Body shaming, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Animal death
"When Life Hands You a Lemon Fruitbomb" - CW for confinement, torture, war, death. "Gilded" - CW for pregnancy, blood, injury detail, slavery, parental death, death. "Wherein Abigail Fields Recalls Her First Death and, Subsequently, Her Best Life" - CW for racism, gun violence, injury detail, murder, death. "The Rules of the Land" - CW for vomit, alcohol, alcoholism, domestic abuse, pregnancy, parental death. Minor CW for xenophobia, sexual content, animal death, war. "A Hagiography of Starlight" - CW for adult/minor relationship. Minor CW for sexual content. "Melie" - CW for blood, violence, war, death. Minor CW for body shaming, self harm, murder. "The Goddess Provides" - CW for grief, sexism, religious bigotry, confinement, excrement, fire/fire injury, gore, blood, violence, injury detail, self harm, torture, murder, parental death, death. "Hearts Turned to Ash" - CW for grief, toxic relationship. "Letting the Right One In" - CW for abandonment. Minor CW for sexual content, mental illness, racism, homophobia. Brief Harry Potter reference. "Tender-Headed" - CW for toxic relationship, toxic friendship. "Kiss the Sun" - CW for colorism, racism, ableism, bullying, infidelity, fire, colonization "The Actress" - Minor CW for sexual content, racism. Brief Harry Potter reference. "The Curse of Love" - CW for parental death, death. "All the Time in the World" - CW for racism. Minor CW for sexual content, war, death. "The Witch's Skin" - CW for sexism, abandonment, sexual content, grief, pregnancy, blood, gore, murder, war, parental death, child death, death. "Sequence" - No major CWs.dragongirl271's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Slavery, Racism, Death, and Mental illness
Minor: Body horror
mariebrunelm's review
- 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
Collections like this one are great to discover new-to-you writers or enjoy short fiction from beloved voices.
In here are stories by Elizabeth Acevedo, Amerie, Patrice Caldwell, Dhonielle Clayton, J. Marcelle Corrie, Somaiya Daud, Charlotte Davis, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Justina Ireland, Danny Lore, L.L. McKinney, Danielle Paige, Rebecca Roanhorse, Karen Strong, Ashley Woodfolk, and Ibi Zoboi.
CW : I'm not sure how helpful it would be to list content warnings when the stories are so different. On the whole, it deals heavily with racism, some stories with slavery, some with sexism, etc. There is one mention of HP.
Moderate: Slavery, Sexism, and Racism
veskumelooni's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Minor: Gun violence and Slavery
peachani's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Moderate: Slavery and Violence
Minor: Abandonment and Death of parent
kirstenf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Slavery
Moderate: Mental illness and Death of parent
talonsontypewriters's review
3.0
Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Body horror, War, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Gun violence, Medical content, Racism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Gore, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Xenophobia
Minor: Self harm, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Rape, and Torture
"When Life Hands You a Lemon Fruitbomb" contains war, death, violence, and mentions of torture. "Gilded" contains slavery, racism, injury, violence, confinement, body horror, and death. "Wherein Abigail Fields Recalls Her First Death And, Subsequently, Her Best Life" contains gun violence, racism, death, murder, and body horror. "The Rules of the Land" contains domestic/child abuse, violence, alcoholism, and fire. "A Hagiography of Starlight" contains confinement and a relationship between a teenager and an immortal being, which is implied to be deceitful on the latter's end but romanticized from the former's perspective. "Melie" contains animal death, violence, fire, and mentions of xenophobia and fatphobia. "The Goddess Provides" contains death, religious bigotry, fire, violence, gore, implied misogyny, unsanitary, confinement, suicidal ideation, and mention of ritualistic self-harm/bloodletting. "Hearts Turned to Ash" contains body horror, gore, blood, implied sexual content, and smoking. "Letting the Right One In" contains depression, blood, injury, and mentioned suicide and homophobia. "Tender-Headed" contains toxic friendship, tense family dynamics, and spiders. "Kiss the Sun" contains colorism, body horror, fire, violence, sexual comments, and mentions of infidelity and sexual assault/rape. "The Actress" contains fire, racism, injury in a flashback, and mentions of cancer, gun violence, and alcoholism in the context of in-universe fiction. "All the Time in the World" contains racism, deliberate pollution, and mentions of gun violence, death, and police brutality. "The Witch's Skin" contains racism, death, murder, grief, pregnancy, body horror, gore, and implied sexual content.nyoom's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
0.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Infidelity
kelseyland's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Body horror, Racism, Slavery, and Homophobia
Minor: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Bullying
herk's review
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
Moderate: Slavery and Racism
Minor: Death
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