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Fresh Ink by Eric Gansworth, Sara Farizan, Schuyler Bailar, Nicola Yoon, Thien Pham, Malinda Lo, Sharon G. Flake, Walter Dean Myers, Gene Luen Yang, Melissa de la Cruz, Daniel José Older

1 review

booksthatburn's review

adventurous reflective medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

My favorites in the collection are “Be Cool for Once”, “Don’t Pass Me By”, “Catch, Pull, Drive”, and “Super Human”. There’s a lot of variation in setting, theme, and character backgrounds across the stories, so it’s hard to pin down a theme of the collection, except that the point was to have a lot of variety. Most of the stories are deeply intertwined with a character's marginalized identity, sometimes they're about the way the characters are marginalized and in a few of them they get to just exist. Overall it works and it’s well worth checking out. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Eraser Tattoo: No major CWs. Meet Cute: CW for ableism (minor), misogyny, claustrophobia. TW for Harry Potter reference (page 35). Don’t Pass Me By: CW for racism, bullying. Be Cool for Once: No major CWs. Tags: CW for gun violence, violence, police brutality, murder, death. Why I Learned to Cook: No major CWs. A Stranger at the Bochinche: CW for violence. A Boy’s Duty: CW for racism. One Voice: CW for racism. Paladin/Samurai: CW for homophobia, racism. Kodama’s Ramen Shop: CW for racism, ableism, grief, parental death (backstory). Catch, Pull, Drive: CW for dysphoria, homophobia, transphobia, misgendering, cursing, bullying. Super Human: CW for racism, gun violence (backstory), police brutality (backstory), car accident (backstory), parental death (backstory).