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A review by jennifermreads
Up All Night by David Levithan, Patricia McCormick, Sarah Weeks, Libba Bray, Gene Luen Yang, Ariel Pollak, Peter Abrahams, Laura Geringer Bass
3.0
While the concept of one night’s events transforming a character’s life was intriguing, I went into it with hesitation. Should we be encouraging the “one magical night will change everything” concept? But, it is fiction, so I read on.
I really enjoyed Peter Abrahams’s “Phase 2” and Patricia McCormick’s “Orange Alert” as their MCs had ingenuity and spark, with those characteristics leading the MCs to a very-satisfying-for-the-reader conclusion. The other stories felt too out-there, and, I thought, would be hard for a teen to connect with. But I’ve learned not to underestimate teens—so maybe those stories “out-there-edness” would be just the thing to make this a five-star-read for them.
TW: death of parent, death of pet, sexual harassment
I really enjoyed Peter Abrahams’s “Phase 2” and Patricia McCormick’s “Orange Alert” as their MCs had ingenuity and spark, with those characteristics leading the MCs to a very-satisfying-for-the-reader conclusion. The other stories felt too out-there, and, I thought, would be hard for a teen to connect with. But I’ve learned not to underestimate teens—so maybe those stories “out-there-edness” would be just the thing to make this a five-star-read for them.
TW: death of parent, death of pet, sexual harassment