Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real about Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America by Amy Reed, Julie Murphy

4.13 AVERAGE

const_elle_ations's review against another edition

4.0
Rating: 4 stars

Pretty good and eye-opening, some stories were just better than others.
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luzbella's review against another edition

4.0
An incredible collection of well-curated, powerful, and beautiful essays that hung with me after the book was closed. Each chapter was a new and eye-opening look into a life experience that I have not and cannot experience, and I am grateful for every one of them.

janeleef's review

4.0
challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
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frederikfaultier's review against another edition

4.5
emotional fast-paced
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bookdragyn's review

3.5
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I found a lot of the essays very relatable. A lot of these stories infuriated me because of how women are treated. These are stories about the female experience and because I've lived a lot of these situations I feel like it's not for me. It would be better aimed at people who did not grow up female to understand all the microaggressions that women and especially women of color go through. Overall I found these stories very well written and engaging.

ablake23's review against another edition

2.0
challenging informative slow-paced

ajs526's review against another edition

4.0
A powerfully moving, well written anthology that deals with difficult subjects and does not shy away from them.

lliv_patrick's review against another edition

5.0
Beautiful compilation conversations about racism, sexual assault, LGBTQ+ and so much more!
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Highly recommend for absolutely everyone.

ritzcracker60's review against another edition

4.0
I don't usually read books like this- memoirs and autobiographies. But I was pleasantly surprised at the personal essays and inspiring stories of women who face injustice and inequality and are finding their own ways of fighting it. You can't really rate people's experiences because every single woman in this book faced hardships, but my favorite essays were definitely Finding My Feminism by Amy Reed and What I've Learned About Silence by Amber Smith. They were raw, heartfelt, and beautifully written.

Overall, I definitely recommend this for anyone looking for inspiring stories or a YA lover.


greysonk's review against another edition

4.25
medium-paced