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Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunset and Sunrise by Laura Silverman
3 reviews
readalongwithnat's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
I received a free advanced copy from Algonquin Young Readers.
This book has so many things: the ups and downs of friendships and relationships, coming-of-age feels, superheroes, a Pokémon Go-esque game, all sorts of queer rep, and disability rep, too!
This book has so many things: the ups and downs of friendships and relationships, coming-of-age feels, superheroes, a Pokémon Go-esque game, all sorts of queer rep, and disability rep, too!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, and Racism
Minor: Cancer and Death of parent
mentions of Harry Potterpucksandpaperbacks's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
I was provided an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review for the Up All Night blog tour. All thoughts are my own.
This was a solid short story collection and I was pleasantly surprised and very pleased with the majority of the stories! I ended up only giving one 3.5 stars to the first story Never Have I Ever because I really disliked the praise of cops.
My favorite stories that I gave 5 stars to were Nina LaCour's story, Julian Winters and Kathleen Glasgow.
I also enjoyed the inclusion in this collection with several non-binary characters just existing. But, I did want to see more trans characters than just non-binary characters! I wanted to see myself represented in one of the stories and that fell short for me.
I really liked how each author took this prompt and wrote a story for it. They were all such creative settings like Brandy Colbert's story that took place at a dance marathon!
Highly recommend this collection. But, do look out for the content warnings because in my ARC copy, CWs weren't provided and some of the stories had hard topics and I definitely needed that warning.
This was a solid short story collection and I was pleasantly surprised and very pleased with the majority of the stories! I ended up only giving one 3.5 stars to the first story Never Have I Ever because I really disliked the praise of cops.
My favorite stories that I gave 5 stars to were Nina LaCour's story, Julian Winters and Kathleen Glasgow.
I also enjoyed the inclusion in this collection with several non-binary characters just existing. But, I did want to see more trans characters than just non-binary characters! I wanted to see myself represented in one of the stories and that fell short for me.
I really liked how each author took this prompt and wrote a story for it. They were all such creative settings like Brandy Colbert's story that took place at a dance marathon!
Highly recommend this collection. But, do look out for the content warnings because in my ARC copy, CWs weren't provided and some of the stories had hard topics and I definitely needed that warning.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Racial slurs, Vomit, Car accident, Ableism, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Violence
anxiety, mention of menstruation,internationalreads's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Incest, Homophobia, Biphobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Vomit
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