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laurenmiller100's review against another edition
5.0
Favorites: The Tower of Babylon, Division by Zero, The Story of Your Life, Hell is the Absence of God, Liking What You See: A Documentary
Graphic: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Torture
malaikawrites's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Death and Suicide
Minor: Racial slurs and Sexism
kimbo8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, War, Medical trauma, Grief, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Misogyny
kylieqrada's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness
Moderate: Death, Child death, and Suicide
Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Bullying
bomenvernietiger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
This would be fully timeless, except that the author felt the need to include such a sexist trope as a father coming to terms with his daughter developing breasts. This holds the particular story back decades.
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Death
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexism, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Blood
tiredcreature's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
• Understand: superpowered redditors do mind battle (2/5)
• Division by zero: mathematician discovers that mathematics is inconsistent; experiences a crisis (4/5)
• Stories of your life: linguist learns alien language, gains chronologically non-linear memory (5/5)
• Seventy-two letters: steampunk Hebrew true name magic ft. 19th-century-typical eugenics (5/5)
• The evolution of human science: what becomes of human science when we invent metahumans, who are more intelligent and capable than a human could ever become? (??/5 - feels incomplete)
• Hell is the absence of god: Christian horror; monstrous divinity (4/5)
• Liking what you see: fictional documentary transcript; discussion of neuromodification (4/5)
Moderate: Suicide
loujanae's review
Three stand out stories:
Tower of Babylon
Story of Your Life
Hell is the Absence of God
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Minor: Murder
ryyy27's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Violence
leftandleaving_'s review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
megsimsdavies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt