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talonsontypewriters's reviews
317 reviews
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, and Cannibalism
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Child death, Slavery, and Kidnapping
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, and Sexual harassment
4.0
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content and Cannibalism
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, and Grief
Moderate: Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Vomit, and Lesbophobia
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Classism
Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Terminal illness, Grief, and Stalking
Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, and Medical content
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Torture
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Fatphobia and Alcohol
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Medical content, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Antisemitism, and Lesbophobia
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic
2.5
Besides that and the Generic YA Style™ several share, there's not much tying them all together either; I think I can actually easier count the ones that explicitly or heavily implicitly describe at least one main character as aro than the ones that don't. Stories with protagonists that happens to be aro without that factoring into the actual plot are all well and good, as are ones that just center around platonic relationships/lack romance, but somehow I expected a little more from something literally titled "an aromantic anthology"?
Only actively liked a couple of pieces, feel pretty "meh" about the rest. The poems are fine but again don't really fit the expressed theme.
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, Dementia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, Vomit, and Dysphoria