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I'm not normally a horror fan but I loved these short stories! Each one unique and many had me on the edge of my seat. YA appropriate but fun for scardey cat adults like myself too!

shaniamarie21's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

lit_lady's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Nice diverse set of shorts curated for this collection: Sci-fi, retelling, paranormal, religious, curses, creature feature, etc so there is something for everyone. And the shorts that were good, were great.

This collection still falls prey to the short story anthology problem of 4 are great to good. The rest are meh to terrible USUALLY leaning to terrible this one leans more to meh.

If you're looking for low stakes YA horror you could do worse, but you could also do a lot better.

chloe15's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

dhatislandbookworm's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

4.0

As a Black horror fan, I get tired of the Black characters dying first or playing into the magical negro trope in films. We deserve to see ourselves as final girls too! That’s what’s so refreshing about The Black Girl Survives In This One: it turns this stereotype on its head.

Each story prided itself in being atmospheric and pulled you in as soon as it began. The anthology also covered a few subgenres like sci-fi, body horror, and psychological horror, so there’s something here for everyone! My favorite stories were Harvesters, The Brides of Devil’s Bayou, The Screamers, The Black Strings, and Foxhunt.

This would be a great companion novel to The Black Guy Dies First, a non-fiction book that discusses the history of Black horror, and perfect for anyone wanting to dip their toes into the genre.

hottiereads's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

tireddisneywitch's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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