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A review by dbguide2
Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunset and Sunrise by Laura Silverman
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Never Have I Ever by Karen McManus – Barely 2 stars. Is she just known for plot twists? I liked this but it didn’t grip me and it’s a short story! It should quickly grab my attention. It didn’t give me enough of the characters for me to like/dislike anyone.
Like Before by Maurene Goo – 2 stars. It started off moderately okay and didn’t improve. I didn’t like the characters and found the writing and dialogue to be a bit wooden. It had a cute concept.
Old Rifts and Snowdrifts by Kayla Whaley – 5 stars. This was so super cute! I loved Owen and Eleanor and the story setting as well. Loved seeing the disability rep and the very casualness about it too, you know?
Kiss the Boy by Amanda Joy – 4 stars. This was cute! I don’t know which school would allow boys and girls to sleep next to each other 😅. I’m not really a fan of bets about kissing especially when there seems to be a time limit on the kissing. Not everyone kisses another person in high school –hi! Me for one! So I don’t know, the whole idea of putting pressure on a kiss is a miss for me. But I liked the story enough to go for a 4 star rating.
*Creature Capture by Laura Silverman – 5 stars! I really loved it! So cute and the and the Pokemon Go type app – and I want it now! I really love that there wasn’t a focus on love and relationships.
Shark Bait by Tiffany D. Jackson – 3 stars. It was all over the place. I liked the open ending but that was about it.
A Place to Start by Nina LaCour – 4 stars. This was cute. It was confusing at first because it felt like I was being thrown into the middle with nothing.
When You Bring a Dog to Prom by Anna Meriano – 2 stars. I didn’t like the main character. But then again I also don’t like the trope of ‘in love with best friend’s sibling’. I would’ve actually preferred to read this from a different character’s pov. Probably Dodge, they were my favourite.
Missing by Kathleen Glasgow – 1 star. Between the absolute awful person and friend Dorsey and Kate, the really bad sister – it wasn’t good. I also didn’t like how Kate seemed to act like the grief didn’t affect her sister too, when it totally did. Dorsey wasn’t very kind about the grief either. And also – can we not anymore with the horror stories and abandoned mental hospitals? It felt like they weren’t taking it seriously enough – like they didn’t care enough that there were actual people as patients.
What About Your Friends by Brandy Colbert – 2 stars. For a good part of the story I was confused as to whether they were in high school or college because it felt extremely high school too. Granted, they were only a year out of high school; so I can’t fault them too much for that. I would have enjoyed a take on “I don’t actually want to go to college, let me to do something else”.
*Under Our Masks by Julian Winters – 5 stars. It’s superheroes! Always enjoy Julian’s books! He’s definitely an auto-read author to me and I’m so excited to see him branch out into fantasy work – I know he does love superheroes and I could see that love in the short story.
The Ghost of Goon Creek by Francesca Zappia – 4 stars. This was really cute! I did, however, feel like there wasn’t enough of the characters’ personality to differentiate between the dialogue. But I really liked the concept and it was very cute.
Like Before by Maurene Goo – 2 stars. It started off moderately okay and didn’t improve. I didn’t like the characters and found the writing and dialogue to be a bit wooden. It had a cute concept.
Old Rifts and Snowdrifts by Kayla Whaley – 5 stars. This was so super cute! I loved Owen and Eleanor and the story setting as well. Loved seeing the disability rep and the very casualness about it too, you know?
Kiss the Boy by Amanda Joy – 4 stars. This was cute! I don’t know which school would allow boys and girls to sleep next to each other 😅. I’m not really a fan of bets about kissing especially when there seems to be a time limit on the kissing. Not everyone kisses another person in high school –hi! Me for one! So I don’t know, the whole idea of putting pressure on a kiss is a miss for me. But I liked the story enough to go for a 4 star rating.
*Creature Capture by Laura Silverman – 5 stars! I really loved it! So cute and the and the Pokemon Go type app – and I want it now! I really love that there wasn’t a focus on love and relationships.
Shark Bait by Tiffany D. Jackson – 3 stars. It was all over the place. I liked the open ending but that was about it.
A Place to Start by Nina LaCour – 4 stars. This was cute. It was confusing at first because it felt like I was being thrown into the middle with nothing.
When You Bring a Dog to Prom by Anna Meriano – 2 stars. I didn’t like the main character. But then again I also don’t like the trope of ‘in love with best friend’s sibling’. I would’ve actually preferred to read this from a different character’s pov. Probably Dodge, they were my favourite.
Missing by Kathleen Glasgow – 1 star. Between the absolute awful person and friend Dorsey and Kate, the really bad sister – it wasn’t good. I also didn’t like how Kate seemed to act like the grief didn’t affect her sister too, when it totally did. Dorsey wasn’t very kind about the grief either. And also – can we not anymore with the horror stories and abandoned mental hospitals? It felt like they weren’t taking it seriously enough – like they didn’t care enough that there were actual people as patients.
What About Your Friends by Brandy Colbert – 2 stars. For a good part of the story I was confused as to whether they were in high school or college because it felt extremely high school too. Granted, they were only a year out of high school; so I can’t fault them too much for that. I would have enjoyed a take on “I don’t actually want to go to college, let me to do something else”.
*Under Our Masks by Julian Winters – 5 stars. It’s superheroes! Always enjoy Julian’s books! He’s definitely an auto-read author to me and I’m so excited to see him branch out into fantasy work – I know he does love superheroes and I could see that love in the short story.
The Ghost of Goon Creek by Francesca Zappia – 4 stars. This was really cute! I did, however, feel like there wasn’t enough of the characters’ personality to differentiate between the dialogue. But I really liked the concept and it was very cute.