Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunset and Sunrise by Laura Silverman

6 reviews

ladygetslit's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

This rating is particularly subjective: I struggle to truly enjoy short fiction collections. I’m much more of a novel person, because I enjoy getting sucked into a character’s perspective and world. 

That being said, this collection was so much fun to read. Most of the stories explore the awkwardness and growing pains of teenage life, and the diversity of characters was really refreshing. I think there’s something for almost every reader in this collection (although many of my students would call this book “girly”). 

One of my favorite aspects of this book is how many of the stories explored the complexity of adolescent friendships. Some of the stories were about friendships falling apart, and others were about friendships that were just being formed. While there were some romantic stories, I enjoyed the focus on friendship because it’s such an important part of being a teen (and being a human). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Racism, Grief, Forced institutionalization, and Bullying

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

I thought this was a really good collection. It's a very diverse both in terms of the characters and genres, which meant I never knew what to expect from the next story. There were a few stories I never quite got into but I enjoyed most of them. My standouts were by Karen M. McManus and Nina LaCour. I listened to the audiobook and there were three different narrators which really improved the listening experience. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

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!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, and Racism

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

mentions of Harry Potter

pucksandpaperbacks'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. 

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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

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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

jamesflint's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Pedophilia