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A book review podcast where we discuss how authors treat and traumatize their characters. Part of the Certain Point of View network.
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Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
This episode we’re discussing “War Girls” by Tochi Onyebuchi, a story of two sisters whose lives are ravaged by war.
Topic 1: Dehumanization. Begins at (1:35), CW for ableism, colorism, colonization, child abuse, medical content, body horror, war, slavery, child death, death.
Topic 2: Generational Trauma. Begins at (25:29), CW for PTSD, emotional abuse, physical abuse, child abuse, war, death.
Promo for CPOV Circle of Friendship; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (45:08).
Book TW for body horror, xenophobia, colonization, bullying, confinement (graphic), drug use, drug abuse, gun violence (graphic), violence (graphic), murder, war (graphic), suicide, child soldiers (graphic), child abuse (graphic), emotional abuse (graphic), physical abuse (graphic), infertility, torture (graphic), injury detail, slavery, parental death (graphic), child death (graphic), death (graphic).
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Music provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission.
Members of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts.
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
This episode we’re discussing “A Strange and Stubborn Endurance” by Foz Meadows. We originally recorded this under the impression that it's a stand-alone book, but the sequel (All The Hidden Paths) has been announced for late 2023.
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PUBLISHER: Tor Books
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YEAR: 2022
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LENGTH: 544 pages
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AGE: Adult
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GENRE: Fantasy
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RECOMMENDED: Highly
Topic 1: Social Isolation. Begins at (1:35), CW for homophobia, ableism, classism.
Topic 2: Intimate Partner Violence. Begins at (18:06), CW for sexism, misogyny, rape, suicide attempt.
Promo for Comics Quest; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (35:57).
Book TW for grief (graphic), sexual content (explicit), xenophobia, cursing, ableism, homophobia (graphic), transphobia (brief mention), misgendering, infidelity, pregnancy (brief mention), miscarriage (backstory), bullying (backstory), child abuse (backstory), panic attacks/disorders (graphic), kidnapping, confinement, alcohol (brief), alcoholism (backstory), vomit (graphic), blood (graphic), gore, violence (graphic), fire/fire injury, injury detail, medical content, medical trauma, sexual assault (graphic), sexual violence (graphic), rape (graphic), self harm (graphic), suicidal thoughts (graphic), torture (brief mention), murder (graphic), animal death (graphic), parental death (graphic), death (graphic).
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This episode features a book with fictional depictions of self harm and attempted suicide. If you're in the United States the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. For those of our audience outside of the United States, you may be able to find the suicide hotline number or other appropriate emergency services for your country inthis directory provided by OpenCounseling.
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If you'd like to make a monthly donation, please check us out on Patreon.
For fortnightly news and updates, as well as links to recent written reviews, subscribe to our newsletter.
You can check out Robin's written review of the book at Reviews That Burn.
Find all our links on our Carrd.
Music provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission.
Members of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts.
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
This month we’re discussing “The Grace of Kings” by Ken Liu, the first book of the Dandelion Dynasty.
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PUBLISHER: Saga Press
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YEAR: 2015
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LENGTH: 640 pages
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AGE: Adult
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GENRE: Fantasy
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RECOMMENDED: Highly
Topic 1: Intimidation/Murder. Begins at (1:35), CW for poison, injury detail, torture, suicide, murder, animal death.
Topic 2: Sexism. Begins at (18:25), CW for sexism, rape.
Topic 3: Slavery. Begins at (33:22), CW for slavery, murder.
Promo for Another Pass; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (42:52).
Book TW for sexism, misogyny, pregnancy, excrement, blood (graphic), gore (graphic), violence (graphic), fire/fire injury, genocide, suicide, torture, self harm, child abuse (graphic), animal cruelty, cannibalism, murder, child death, death (graphic).
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Music provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission.
Members of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts.
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
This month we’re discussing “A Blade So Black” by L.L. McKinney, the first book in the NightmareVerse trilogy, retelling Alice in Wonderland with a Bi Black girl from Atlanta, Georgia.
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PUBLISHER: Imprint
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YEAR: 2018
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LENGTH: 384 pages
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AGE: Young Adult
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GENRE: Fantasy
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RECOMMENDED: Highly
Topic 1: PTSD. Begins at (1:35), CW for racism, police brutality, murder, child death.
Topic 2: “House” Arrest. Begins at (12:58), CW for confinement, death.
Topic 3: Wounds. Begins at (26:07), CW for medical content.
Promo for Saturday Morning Confidential from Certain POV; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (33:14).
Book TWs: Graphic/Explicit CW for grief, blood, violence. Moderate CW for sexual content, cursing, adult/minor relationship, vomit, gore, murder, injury detail, child death, parental death, death. Minor CW for ableist language, racism, dementia, alcohol, gun violence, body horror. Brief Harry Potter reference.
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If you'd like to make a monthly donation, please check us out on Patreon.
To make a one-time donation please support us on Ko-Fi.
For fortnightly news and updates, as well as links to recent written reviews, subscribe to our newsletter.
You can check out Robin's written review of the book at Reviews That Burn.
Find all our links on our Carrd.
Music provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission.
Members of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts.
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
This fortnight we’re discussing “Queen of the Conquered” by Kacen Callender, the first book in the Islands of Blood and Storm duology.
- PUBLISHER: Orbit
- YEAR: 2019
- LENGTH: 400 pages
- AGE: Adult
- GENRE: Fantasy, Mystery
- RECOMMENDED: Highly
Members of theCertain Point of View network of podcasts.
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
This fortnight we’re discussing “Gideon The Ninth” by Tamsyn Muir, a book best described as "lesbian necromancers in space". We’re joined by special guest S.T. ("Saint") Gibson! You can find all their stuff at their website.
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TITLE: Gideon the Ninth
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AUTHOR: Tamsyn Muir
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PUBLISHER: Tor/Forge
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YEAR: 2019
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LENGTH: 448 pages
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AGE: Adult
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GENRE: Fantasy, Science Fiction
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RECOMMENDED: Highly
Book TW for cursing, ableism (brief), grief, toxic friendship/relationship, vomit, blood (graphic), violence (graphic), gore (graphic), body horror (graphic), cannibalism, medical content, degenerative illness, emotional abuse, physical abuse (backstory), child abuse (backstory), suicide (backstory), child death (graphic), murder (graphic), self harm, parental death (backstory), major character death (graphic), death (graphic).
Topic 1: Toxic Relationship. Begins at (1:35), CW for toxic relationship, blood, cannibalism, death.
Topic 2: Suicide. Begins at (14:27), CW for toxic relationship, suicide, murder, death.
Topic 3: Cannibalism. Begins at (24:40), CW for vomit (brief mention), gore, body horror, child death, suicide, death.
Promo for Comics Quest from Certain POV; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (35:16). The wrapup contains an extended discussion of how suicide is handled in the book as a topic for the care rating.
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This episode discusses fictional depictions of suicide. If you're in the United States the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. For those of our audience outside of the United States, you may be able to find the suicide hotline number or other appropriate emergency services for your country inthis directory provided by OpenCounseling.
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If you'd like to make a monthly donation, please check us out on Patreon.
To make a one-time donation please support us on Ko-Fi.
For fortnightly news and updates, as well as links to recent written reviews, subscribe to our newsletter.
You can check out Robin's written review of the book at Reviews That Burn.
Find all our links on our Carrd.
Music provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission.
Members of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts.
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 2022
This fortnight we’re discussing “Legendborn” by Tracy Deonn. Unusually for us, we have just one main topic where we discuss how the deaths and absences of several characters’ mothers are handled.
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TITLE: Legendborn
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AUTHOR: Tracy Deonn
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PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster
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YEAR: 2020
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LENGTH: 511 pages
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AGE: Young Adult
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GENRE: Fantasy
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RECOMMENDED: Highly
Book TW for discussion of slavery, discussion of sexual assault, discussion of colonization, grief (graphic), racism, sexism, kidnapping, child abuse (backstory), blood, violence, gore (graphic), torture, car accident, animal death, parental death, major character death. Harry Potter reference (brief).
Main Discussion: Death of Parent. Begins at (1:35), CW for abandonment, neglect, memory loss, alcoholism (brief mention), parental death, death.
Promo for CPOV - Reignite; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (30:50).
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If you'd like to make a monthly donation, please check us out on Patreon.
To make a one-time donation please support us on Ko-Fi.
For fortnightly news and updates, as well as links to recent written reviews, subscribe to our newsletter.
You can check out Robin's written review of the book at Reviews That Burn.
Find all our links on our Carrd.
Music provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission.
Members of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts.
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
This fortnight we’re discussing “The Marrow Thieves” by Cherie Dimaline. This is speculative fiction so good it made Robin rethink how they read the closely related but distinct genre of dystopian fiction.
- TITLE: The Marrow Thieves
- AUTHOR: Cherie Dimaline
- PUBLISHER: Dancing Cat Books
- YEAR: 2017
- LENGTH: 240 pages
- AGE: Young Adult
- GENRE: Speculative Fiction
- RECOMMENDED: Highly
Book TW for sexual content (brief), cursing, ableist language (brief), alcohol (backstory), alcoholism (backstory), drug use (backstory), dug abuse (backstory), kidnapping (graphic), confinement (backstory), starvation (graphic), genocide (graphic), sexual assault, rape, child abuse, physical abuse, excrement (brief), vomit (brief), violence, gun violence, cannibalism, animal death, parental death (backstory), child death, murder, major character death, death.
Topic 1: Food Scarcity. Begins at (1:35), CW for food scarcity,
Topic 2: PTSD. Begins at (10:37), CW for ptsd, food scarcity.
Topic 3: Cannibalism. Begins at (21:45), CW for cannibalism, murder, death.
Promo for CPOV Autographs; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (32:12).
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If you'd like to make a monthly donation, please check us out on Patreon.
To make a one-time donation please support us on Ko-Fi.
For fortnightly news and updates, as well as links to recent written reviews, subscribe to our newsletter.
You can check out Robin's written review of the book at Reviews That Burn.
Find all our links on our Carrd.
Music provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission.
Members of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts.
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
This fortnight we’re discussing “Scavenge The Stars" by Tara Sim. This is the first half of a duology retelling "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas.
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TITLE: Scavenge The Stars
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AUTHOR: Tara Sim
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PUBLISHER: Disney-Hyperion
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YEAR: 2020
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LENGTH: 352 pages
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AGE: Young Adult
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GENRE: Fantasy, Retelling
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RECOMMENDED: Yes
Book TW for grief, ableist language (brief), kidnapping (graphic), alcohol (graphic), gambling addiction (graphic), drug use, child abuse, slavery, terminal illness, medical content, excrement, vomit, blood (graphic), gore, violence (graphic), gun violence, child death (graphic), parental death, murder (graphic), death (graphic).
Topic 1: Debt Slavery. Begins at (1:35), CW for child abuse, slavery, death.
Topic 2: Betrayal. Begins at (13:10), CW for betrayal, terminal illness, death.
Promo for CPOV Autographs; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (27:36).
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If you'd like to make a monthly donation, please check us out on Patreon.
To make a one-time donation please support us on Ko-Fi.
For fortnightly news and updates, as well as links to recent written reviews, subscribe to our newsletter.
You can check out Robin's written review of the book at Reviews That Burn.
Find all our links on our Carrd.
Music provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission.
Members of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts.
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
This fortnight we’re discussing “Jade City” by Fonda Lee, the first book in the Green Bone Saga.
- TITLE: Jade City
- AUTHOR: Fonda Lee
- PUBLISHER: Orbit
- YEAR: 2017
- LENGTH: 560 pages
- AGE: Adult
- GENRE: Fantasy, War
- RECOMMENDED: Highly
Book TW for cursing, grief, sexual content (explicit), sexual abuse (brief mention), torture (brief mention), sexism, drug use, drug abuse, mental illness, self harm, body horror, massacre, excrement (brief), vomit, blood, violence (graphic), gun violence, torture, animal death (brief), major character death, death.
Topic 1: Sexual Abuse. Begins at (1:30), CW for sexual abuse (not described).
Topic 2: Parental death. Begins at (15:00), CW for addiction, parental death, death.
Topic 3: Addiction. Begins at (22:30), CW for addiction, gun violence, death.
Promo for CPOV SMC; Spoiler-free wrap-up and ratings: Begins at (32:50).
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If you'd like to make a monthly donation, please check us out on Patreon.
To make a one-time donation please support us on Ko-Fi.
For fortnightly news and updates, as well as links to recent written reviews, subscribe to our newsletter.
You can check out Robin's written review of the book at Reviews That Burn.
Find all our links on our Carrd.
Music provided by HeartBeatArt and is used with permission.
Members of the Certain Point of View network of podcasts.