Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

2 reviews

aardwyrm's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Oof. So it's nothing against the book, but it's a weird time to read this one (July of 22).

The bit where they discuss shock at the idea of abortions being illegal in 2022 is a doozy.

It's not a flaw of the text, but of the moment, which is sort of the point of the text, so bravo, really. 

The book does a good job of juggling time travel and changing realities, slipping in needful details and surprises. Plot is really its strongest point. There's some occasional clunky dialogue; character speak out loud the same way they internally monologue, and infodump their emotions once in a while. But the worst this'll do is throw you out of the text a minute. It's an intensely, deliberately political book, which may not be everyone's choice, but it's an effective, well balanced time thriller, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Child death, Classism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Abortion, Torture, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Incest, Hate crime, Homophobia, Grief, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Cultural appropriation, Death, Vomit, Violence, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, and Blood

lunarlibra's review

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

There were a lot of things I really liked about this book. The sci part of this sci-fi was really fun for me, even with no background in geology! I love the storytelling method of using different perspectives and jumping around in time, and it's extra cool when they're time travelling as well. I appreciated that the cast of characters were racially and gender diverse (there are a couple trans characters, including one nonbinary person).
There is a really strong overtone of "violence is never the answer" for a lot of the book that almost made me put it down, but the rest of the story made me glad I didn't!
I still enjoyed the story, which has major themes of reproductive justice and the importance of collective action. I would recommend it to some people!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Antisemitism, Blood, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry

specific warnings for

Childhood Sexual Assault, rape, murder, transmisogyny hate crime, reproductive violence, medical abuse, antisemitic slurs, racism and antiBlackness, mentions and brief depiction of reproductive slavery, sexual predators, traumatic abortion experience