Reviews

The Decameron Project: 29 New Stories from the Pandemic by The New York Times

debsd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

submergedplane's review against another edition

2.0

There were a lot of words here but most didn't say much to me.

arafron's review

medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

kateleereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

liked that it had so many different stories that were all qutie short, so the book went by really fast.
it was crazy seeing representations of early quarantine because i'd honestly forgotten how crazy that entire time period was.
i also liked that there were some international/translated stories!

xtinetreasure's review

reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

thunderousdandelion's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

sophieboeck's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.75

carolin_'s review against another edition

2.0

I think my expectations for this were way too high but I only actually enjoyed Impatient Griselda and Prudent girls tbh but there were no 5 star stories and a ton of slightly boring 2-3 stars. Overall I enjoyed the pitch of the stories more than the actual story.

remireadingnook's review against another edition

3.0

This was more of a 2.5 for me.

There are some stories from this collection I really enjoyed, but overall I was very underwhelmed, and honestly a bit bored, with this collection.

romacalderon's review against another edition

3.0

while this has been fun it makes me worried for the next five to ten years with all the mediocre covid related/inspired media we're gonna be getting.

but if it's margaret atwood who's gonna wrote those, i'll be all in.