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- I know I will be thinking about several of these stories for a long time (particularly the chapters about the lake and the grad student's experiment) and will likely revisit this book often in the future in order to try and integrate it into my life.
Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Grief, Colonisation
- Ailey and her family are both specific and universal (and in many ways, that universality is deeply tragic). At times this book feels like it could be nonfiction, until you get to a particularly stunning turn of phrase (honestly, more poets should write literary fiction, it's always incredible).
- Don't let the 800 pages deter you. LOVE SONGS is completely engulfing, intense and heartfelt. Do take the content warnings seriously though, and proceed with caution if needed.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation
Moderate: Homophobia, Antisemitism
Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements
Walidah Imarisha, adrienne maree brown
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy
- What I didn't realize is that it's also essentially a psychological thriller, as we watch Irene try to figure out why she's drawn to Clare, and as Clare takes ever more risks to insert herself into Irene's life.
- Also, big time queer subtext vibes in here. I'd love to see a retelling or adaptation that plays that aspect up.
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Alcohol
Minor: Hate crime, Slavery, Antisemitism
Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
- Y'all know I'm a JANE EYRE lover, so as soon as I heard this was a YA fantasy retelling, I ran to grab a copy. And yes, WITHIN THESE WICKED WALLS delivers!
- I love how Blackwood kept all the pieces of the original story but rearranged them a bit, and it all still works wonderfully. Slight tweaks to relationships, and of course the entire idea of Andromeda being a debtera, relocate this story to the fantasy space quite smoothly, while maintaining the basics of the original characters and plot.
- I was gripped by the action and the imagery. Some of those manifestations are gonna stick with me for real.
- The one thing I wish there was more of was backstory on how the church came to be involved in the debtera process. It felt like there could have been a whole prequel novel here with Jember's experience and Andi's training.
Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Racism, Trafficking
Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Transphobia
