Reviews

Whiteout by Angie Thomas, Dhonielle Clayton, Ashley Woodfolk, Nic Stone, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D. Jackson

novaturient_bibliophile's review

4.25

It was cheesy as all get-out; but that’s kind of the point, so I can’t really complain about that. I loved how interconnected all of the characters were, and all of the relationships felt real, and deep, and fleshed out despite having short-page times. While the friends-to-lover trope is always one of my favorites, it did seem a bit overused. However, it did make sense and was justified in the context of the book. Overall, I liked it a lot more than I thought I would, as cheesy romance is not usually my go-to, but it still wasn’t jaw-dropping incredible or anything. 
Some other highlights (in my opinion):
1) The balance between queer and non-queer stories.
2) Since all of the individual stories were connected by a single plot point, the book was engaging and captivating to read despite being split into short story-esque chunks.
It obviously reminded me a lot of Blackout (by the same authors), but also Fools In Love and Serendipity, which are also collections of romance stories by a plethora of authors.

jasmine_reads87's review

adventurous inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

martinej's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

zoekira's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

3.5

aadkatti007's review

4.0

i loved how everything tied together, buuut i did like blackout more bc it was like different stories about different things that at the end were shown to be linked, whereas this one was like, you knew they were all linked, so there was less suspense? ig about the ending. also

Spoiler

i suppose you were supposed to know that stevie and her gf got together but i wish it was a bit more all in the air until the end bc i kinda felt like ik the ending and wasn't invested

idk if this is a spoiler, but some of the characters, even the protagonist, stevie weren't that well developed. or, maybe they were and i wasn't aware of it but some of the things she says come out of left field.

cosmicsyd's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

1.0

shine_books1's review

adventurous challenging medium-paced

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

4.0

hughesna2019's review

Just too much going on and such a small amount of pages 

lookatjimmy's review against another edition

4.0

Maybe I'm a shitty person but I truly cared about the main Stevie/Sola relationship the least LMAOOO. Maybe it was because I got to experience more of all the other ones first-hand as opposed to just their POVs being mostly memories while being heartbroken. But overall did enjoy very much.

lydiawesome's review

5.0

Blackout was cute, and this is even cuter! I feel like the authors hit their stride. The storyline and unifying challenge was compelling and the characters were more clearly interconnected. Skip Love Actually, and read this instead!