So I generally reserve 5 star reviews for a both that was both excellent *and* I'm likely to want to reread. In this case, it's not necessarily that I'm likely to pull this down off the shelf over and over again, but that it was a truly remarkable book. Told in 17 points of view, this is the story...
DNF @ 20%Fiona was too flaky and concerned about money, and Sawyer was too passive for my tastes. I get that Fiona wanted to snag a rich husband so her young orphaned niece would want for nothing, but a loveless marriage to a jerk (the first guy she has her sights set on), would not equal a happy l...
An uneven collection of stories detailing the events leading to a school shooting and exploring the psychology behind the shooter, Kirby Matheson. Unfortunately, the least successful of the bunch (including one from the perspective of the gun itself as it opines about purpose and morality while maki...
Painfully powerful. Disturbing in all the right ways, this story is so raw, so real, that you will either devour it or throw it away in a fit of sobs. Want to know what this book is about? Think Columbine. Think Umpqua Community College. Told from 17 points of view, this book is an enthralling acco...
Incredibly powerful storytelling with a consistent tone despite the 18 different authors. One of the best contemporary books I've ever read, and highly recommended. Each story is very well written, and while told from different perspectives, keeping the story straight is easy because of the quality ...
Read This Review & More Like It At Ageless Pages Reviews Reviewing anthologies is never easy, but I love them. It’s a brief look at many different writers and how they interpret a pretty broad topic. Anyone who’s ever read my reviews probably knows, I can’t get enough of twisted fairy tales. And I...
Including: The Key by Rachel Hawkins; Figment by Jeri Smith Ready; Twelfth Girl by Malinda Lo; Raven Princessby Jon Skrovan; Thinner Than Water by Saundra Mitchell; Before the Rose Blooms by Ellen Hopkins;Beast/Beast by Tessa Gratton; Brothers Pigget by Julie Kagawa; Untethered by Sonia Gensler; Bet...
Who's the unnamed character in this first-person point-of-view?