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A review by kba76
21 Proms by David Levithan
3.0
Prom is not a ritual I ever had to go through...and I know that I would have been one of those students who came up with every excuse possible to not be involved in it. For that reason, I was intrigued as to how you could offer a collection of stories about a ritual that seems so divisive.
The reality is that the book doesn't even attempt to offer any kind of cohesive arc to events - it really is just a collection of random writings about different characters and their varying experiences of prom. Not a problem as such, but it might have been entertaining to have some kind of linking element to it (having recently read Blackout, it's definitely a good way to offer stories up to readers).
There were one or two stories that stood out - my favourite is definitely the one about the girl dating her brother's friend on the sly, getting drunk and passing out all while determinedly denouncing the experience. However, most seemed to perpetuate the concept and didn't seem too keen to break out of the stereotype.
The reality is that the book doesn't even attempt to offer any kind of cohesive arc to events - it really is just a collection of random writings about different characters and their varying experiences of prom. Not a problem as such, but it might have been entertaining to have some kind of linking element to it (having recently read Blackout, it's definitely a good way to offer stories up to readers).
There were one or two stories that stood out - my favourite is definitely the one about the girl dating her brother's friend on the sly, getting drunk and passing out all while determinedly denouncing the experience. However, most seemed to perpetuate the concept and didn't seem too keen to break out of the stereotype.