A review by roseleaf24
Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration by Rose Brock

3.0

This collection felt a bit uneven. I really enjoyed the pieces by Libba Bray, Romina Garber, Atia Abawi, Christina Diaz Gonzalez, I. W. Gregorio, Julie Murphy, Marie Lu, Nic Stone, Nicola Yoon, and Jenny Torres Sanchez, and the collaboration from Brendan Kiely and Jason Reynolds. The two opening pieces, from David Levithan and Libba Bray, were significantly longer than the rest, so starting off like that made me worry the book would drag. It picked up, though. I preferred the essays that were personal stories instead of lectures. I would be really curious to see the prompt that these authors were given for this, though, as there were enough that seemed based on the theme "Finding Hope Following the 2016 Election." I did not mind this, but it was specific enough that it could be off-putting to some readers if it came as a surprise.