Reviews

Out of Line: Women on the Verge of a Breakthrough by Caroline Kepnes, Kate Atkinson, Mary Gaitskill, Lisa Ko, Roxane Gay, Cheryl Strayed, Emma Donoghue

katemarieslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

3.5

A strange an eclectic mix of short stories. 

This Telling: 4

Graceful Burdens: 5

Sweet Virginia: 2

The Contractors: 3

Halfway to Free: 5

Bear Witness: 2

Shine, Pamela! Shine!: 3.5

erinmully's review

3.0

I did not enjoy this collection. The 3 stars is only for the Roxane Gay piece; the rest were really not great. I was expecting this to be much more engaging with the lineup of contributors and the content focus, but...meh.

demo's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Child death

Forced sterilisation

lyriclorelei's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• 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

It feels like this collection couldn't decide if it actually wanted to be feminist or not.

riadawson's review

4.0

Most were really compelling stories, but a few were...not so much.

_gabrielle's review

dark emotional medium-paced

3.5