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Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration by Angie Thomas, Jason Reynolds
hawkrose18's review against another edition
5.0
4.5/5 stars
I really enjoyed this anthology and am now wanting to just go and pick up all of the works from all of the authors that wrote essays from this book. I have read from many of the authors before and own books most of the rest of the authors that I am now pushing up my TBR because I throughly enjoyed the authors' writing. I am all about hope and so this book was right up my alley and I am so glad that it did not disappoint.
I really enjoyed this anthology and am now wanting to just go and pick up all of the works from all of the authors that wrote essays from this book. I have read from many of the authors before and own books most of the rest of the authors that I am now pushing up my TBR because I throughly enjoyed the authors' writing. I am all about hope and so this book was right up my alley and I am so glad that it did not disappoint.
decklededgess's review against another edition
4.0
I'm marking this as read even though I haven't finished it. I read all the essays from authors that I REALLY wanted to read so I think I've exhausted the content that interested me. I had originally planned on giving this 3 stars because I felt like my disinterest in reading other chapters was something I needed to count towards the intrigue of this book but that's utter bullshit and really unfair. Every essay I read was 5 stars but I haven't finished the book. So I'll wait till I finish the entire thing to give it an overall rating.
[edit: I decided fuck it this deserves a positive rating at least so I'm gonna give it 4 stars]
In terms of content, this book was great. Very timely and very inspiring. It did exactly what it set out to do which was inspire hope in this shitty shitty time. The essays take a long time to process tbh because they're so heavy in their message and hit so many emotions so friggin hard but they also really make you think. This was a really fantastic idea and it's very clear that the authors and Dr. Rose Brock poured their hears and souls into this anthology.
J*mes D*shner has a chapter in here but that's bc the assault allegations weren't out yet so can't fault the author and publisher for that. I refuse to read his chapter though.
As for trigger warnings I guess the aforementioned predator is one, motor accident, depression, islamophobia, racism, microaggressions against poc and immigrants, and more definitely but I haven't read everything so idk what they are.
[edit: I decided fuck it this deserves a positive rating at least so I'm gonna give it 4 stars]
In terms of content, this book was great. Very timely and very inspiring. It did exactly what it set out to do which was inspire hope in this shitty shitty time. The essays take a long time to process tbh because they're so heavy in their message and hit so many emotions so friggin hard but they also really make you think. This was a really fantastic idea and it's very clear that the authors and Dr. Rose Brock poured their hears and souls into this anthology.
J*mes D*shner has a chapter in here but that's bc the assault allegations weren't out yet so can't fault the author and publisher for that. I refuse to read his chapter though.
As for trigger warnings I guess the aforementioned predator is one, motor accident, depression, islamophobia, racism, microaggressions against poc and immigrants, and more definitely but I haven't read everything so idk what they are.
amdame1's review against another edition
3.0
Short stories about finding hope in the hard times A relevant collection for this time period where we all need some hope, some light, some encouragement. One potential problem if this is supposed to be NF is that the very first story by David Levithan, he says: "it's fiction, but it's not really fiction"
As with all short story collections, it varies, depending on the author and the story.
As with all short story collections, it varies, depending on the author and the story.
sydmae's review against another edition
4.0
Some of the essays are better than others, but there are a few that are really worth sticking around for (Angie Thomas, Jason Reynolds, obviously).
minervareads's review against another edition
5.0
I didn’t know what to expect from this book. Honestly, I bought it because Julie Murphy talked about it a lot on her Instagram. I saw her posts about her struggle with the fact that Dashner was involved in the project. And I saw that she believed the messages contained in the book were such that they, paired with the support from her fellow authors, deserved to be told, and heard. And I agree. I loved almost every essay in this book. Zetner and Dashner’s essays fell flat for me; they didn’t resonate with me as a reader, and felt out of place in this collection. But overall, it was an uplifting collection that does exactly what it set out to: instill hope.
lpercy17's review against another edition
3.0
There are some really great shares in here and others that fell flat.
tomesandtextiles's review against another edition
4.0
This book gave me the hope and motivation to want to change the world. I can only imagine what a teen reader picking it up would feel like reading all these incredibly inspiring stories and works. Full review to come.
carmensutra's review against another edition
5.0
It's so easy to despair these days and this book made it effortless to hope and feel hopeful. I imagine teens reading this book will be feel buoyant from the spiritual lift of these author's words.
ashleyreads88's review against another edition
Some of the stories in this book are heartbreaking, but they are all filled with some sort of hope. The stories are also filled with excellent advice. Reading these stories, I felt like I was getting to know the authors featured in this book more. The stories in this book definitely need to be read.