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kiperoo's review against another edition
4.0
This compilation of daring stories by some of today's hottest YA authors pulls off some of the greatest shockers I've read in stories for teens: rape, murder, armed robbery, and sexuality, to name a few.
The best part is that none of those felt gratuitous in any of the stories, and instead they resonated with authentic voices and believable situations.
A few highlights:
The humor of Sarah Rees Brennan and Luisa Plaja
The surprise twists of Matthue Roth and Sara Wilkinson
The raw emotion of Shelley Stoehr and Jennifer Knight
For me, this compilation of 20 stories was a success--both so that readers can get another taste of the work from authors they already know, as well as discover new favorites.
I hope there will be more books like this to come!
The best part is that none of those felt gratuitous in any of the stories, and instead they resonated with authentic voices and believable situations.
A few highlights:
The humor of Sarah Rees Brennan and Luisa Plaja
The surprise twists of Matthue Roth and Sara Wilkinson
The raw emotion of Shelley Stoehr and Jennifer Knight
For me, this compilation of 20 stories was a success--both so that readers can get another taste of the work from authors they already know, as well as discover new favorites.
I hope there will be more books like this to come!
raix's review
4.0
I found the majority of the stories in this book very good, and I was pleased by the diversity of it. Several stories were expertly done and hit home. There was one that I found a bit too heavy-handed and predjudiced to appeal to many young-adults. There were one or two stories that I felt tried to hard to write in the way a fourteen-year-old would, while forgetting the fact that in general a fourteen-year-old's writing is not very good.
lizpatanders's review
2.0
Check out the post where I touch on a few of the stories in this anthology:
http://www.consumedbybooks.com/2016/01/review-of-truth-or-dare-20-tales-of.html
http://www.consumedbybooks.com/2016/01/review-of-truth-or-dare-20-tales-of.html
rebleejen's review
4.0
I was only able to read the first ten stories because my loan expired before I could finish the book. A few were outstanding (Matthew Roth's "Girl Jesus on the Inbound Subway," Saundra Mitchell's "The Last Will and Testament of Evan Todd," Sherry Shahan's "Iris and Jim," Michael Lowenthal's "Lost in Translation"), a couple were pretty good, and the others were meh. I will probably pick the book up again and finish it eventually, but just in case I don't, here's a preliminary rating. You're welcome.
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