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2.5
Besides that and the Generic YA Style™ several share, there's not much tying them all together either; I think I can actually easier count the ones that explicitly or heavily implicitly describe at least one main character as aro than the ones that don't. Stories with protagonists that happens to be aro without that factoring into the actual plot are all well and good, as are ones that just center around platonic relationships/lack romance, but somehow I expected a little more from something literally titled "an aromantic anthology"?
Only actively liked a couple of pieces, feel pretty "meh" about the rest. The poems are fine but again don't really fit the expressed theme.
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, Dementia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War
Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, Vomit, and Dysphoria
2.5
the writing :-I
the entire chapter framed as a dinner conversation with aristotle (or rather "aris," as he's ~cutely~/nauseatingly referred to as for the duration) that also projects modern capitalist social organization, including policing, onto nature just existing as it is :-///
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore
Minor: Death, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic
- 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? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Minor: Drug use, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Excrement, Cannibalism, and Acephobia/Arophobia
- 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? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Confinement, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Grief, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Minor: Ableism, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, and Alcohol
1.0
Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia
Minor: Animal death, Death, Slavery, Suicide, Antisemitism, and War
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
Minor: Sexual content and Transphobia
1.0
Some weird leaps of logic based on anecdotes too -- I really don't think panic attacks occur frequently in supermarkets because of, uh, the unnaturalness of processed foods or the subconscious realization of how companies are manipulating us or whatever tangent Haig went on there. I'd wager it has more to do with the much more obvious factors of the amount of people in them and required interactions with those people, general intense sensory input (smells, noise, lighting, etc), and thought spirals about choices and money.
Overall made me more rather than less anxious, so also kind of failed in its basic purpose.
Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Minor: Medical content
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Vomit
3.0
Graphic: Death, Racism, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Hate crime, Slavery, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Cannibalism, and War