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Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance by Jonathan Strahan
5 reviews
mandi_lea's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Violence, Infidelity, Police brutality, Grief, Sexual content, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Pandemic/Epidemic
waterbear0821's review
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I really enjoyed this. I knew I would because I like so many of the authors and time travel romance is exactly my comfort genre. I was not disappointed and most enjoyed some of the authors that were new to me, so that was a pleasant surprise. I’ll be seeking out their other works. There were some dark bits so take care of the content alerts, but all in all a joyful read that filled my heart and engaged my imagination.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime
Moderate: Police brutality and Homophobia
Minor: Racial slurs
mimicry's review
adventurous
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? It's complicated
4.0
I like nearly every story in this anthology. My favorites are those by Seanan McGuire, Sarah Gailey, Zen Cho, Sam J. Miller, and Alix E. Harrow.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Sexual assault, and Homophobia
Moderate: Hate crime
Sam J. Miller’s story includes a non-detailed gay bashing that happens off page. Ellen Klage’s story has the main character swept up in a 50s gay bar raid. This story is the reason I tagged SA and police brutality.arthur_ant18's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- 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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Hate crime, Death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Chronic illness
laurareads87's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- 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
Someone in Time is a collection of short stories united by the theme of time travel and romance. While I’m an avid reader of sci-fi, romance isn’t my go to genre at all; nonetheless, I enjoyed this collection overall. I did find it a bit uneven — my individual star ratings for the stories ranged from 2.5 to 4.5, and I also DNF’ed two stories (one because within the first few pages I knew it wasn’t working for me, the other having a slur in its title really put me off). My average rating for the stories that I finished works out to 3.7 so I've rounded up to 4.
There are some great stories here: my favourites were by Alix E. Harrow, Zen Cho, Sarah Gailey, Theodora Goss, Carrie Vaughn, and Lavanya Lakshminarayan. I’m happy to have read this collection because of those six favourite stories, I’d only read other work by the first three, so I’ve now found three more authors’ work to seek out more of (which is one of my favourite parts of reading anthologies).
I do appreciate that there is a lot of LGBTQ+ representation in this anthology, and some diversity in other respects as well. I also like that, overall, this collection has a fairly hopeful tone.
Thank you to NetGalley and Rebellion/Solaris for providing an ARC in exchange for this review.
There are some great stories here: my favourites were by Alix E. Harrow, Zen Cho, Sarah Gailey, Theodora Goss, Carrie Vaughn, and Lavanya Lakshminarayan. I’m happy to have read this collection because of those six favourite stories, I’d only read other work by the first three, so I’ve now found three more authors’ work to seek out more of (which is one of my favourite parts of reading anthologies).
I do appreciate that there is a lot of LGBTQ+ representation in this anthology, and some diversity in other respects as well. I also like that, overall, this collection has a fairly hopeful tone.
Thank you to NetGalley and Rebellion/Solaris for providing an ARC in exchange for this review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Homophobia, Hate crime, Medical content, and Death
Minor: War, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness
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