Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

The Collectors: Stories by A.S. King

4 reviews

betweentheshelves's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• 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

3.5

Not going to lie, I'm still kind of surprised that this won the Printz this year. Overall, it's not a bad collection of stories, and the overall themes of the stories I think will resonate with some teens. But I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think the majority of teens pick up short story anthologies. There have been more and more of them coming out in recent years, and sure, some teens might pick it up if they see their favorite author's name on the cover. But as a whole, I don't think teens are gravitating towards these particular books.

Anyway! There are some great stories in here, which isn't surprising since it's a pretty heavy hitting cast of authors. MT Anderson's was probably the darkest, Jason Reynolds' might have been my favorite. At the end of the day, it's still a short story collection though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, and Homophobia

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Blood, and Transphobia

irenemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

Moderate: Dementia, Mental illness, Racism, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Homophobia, Self harm, Cursing, and Grief

Minor: Transphobia and Mass/school shootings

librarymouse's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a neat collection. I particularly loved "Play House" by Anna-Marir McLemore, "La Concha" by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, and "A Recording for Carole Before It All Goes" by Jason Reynolds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Mass/school shootings

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Abandonment, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Self harm, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Torture, and Toxic friendship