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A review by raesengele
Tales of Burning Love by Louise Erdrich
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Infertility
Minor: Body shaming
Animal abuse is over the course of two chapters (pgs 272-295) and animal death is pages 294-295). It's a very small part of the story, but it's graphic enough that I would have liked to have had some warning.
At least one character is very clearly bi, but everyone, even the narration consistently insists on referring to her as a lesbian. I'm erring on giving it a pass since this was written in the 90s which was a notoriously biphobic era, but it's still uncomfortable every time it comes up.