Reviews

Homesick: Stories by Nino Cipri

luhos's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

i went into this totally blind and was pleasantly surprised. queer short stories about relationships and identity, many of them with a bit of a weird/spooky (?) twist. thoroughly enjoyed! 

ayoderable's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

Managed to make me enjoy a short story collection

hipstina's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

low key devastated that I finally finished the last story! 

brikrush's review

4.0

generally I hate short stories, but I absolutely loved this book.

mirahgonzalez's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

4.0

rereader33's review against another edition

3.0

This gets three stars for the incredible amount of diversity, specifically in the LGBTQ+ department. However, it lost any chance of being five stars with that obnoxiously long and unsatisfying final story. That being said, most of the stories were good, some were great, and the last one grated on every nerve on my body. This was an interesting, quick, and relatively fun short story collection that folks should pick up as long as they don't mind weird and/or drama-fueled stories.

kieraeg's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective medium-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

4.0

arothreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

emcrebbs's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

lostcupofstars's review against another edition

2.75

There was one story (Dead Air) that I will likely remember even though I wished its intention was a little clearer. The rest I really struggled to get through and I found that every time I put it down, I didn’t want to pick it back up. This isn’t to say it’s poorly written or anything like that, I think it was more to do with the content and pacing of the stories; I just found them boring.