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A review by apollo0325
Blackout by Angie Thomas, Dhonielle Clayton, Ashley Woodfolk, Nic Stone, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D. Jackson
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
A solid collection of loosely interconnected stories a la ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’/‘Valentine’s Day’/‘Love Actually’ centered on black teens during a complete city blackout based in New York City and none of the stories will let you forget that!
It’s one of my more recent pet peeves with contemporary literature, and while I knew going in that the stories would center on NYC, I figured it wouldn’t be THAT bad. I was deluding myself lmao
I originally picked this up because I absolutely loved The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D Jackson, but I hadn’t read any of the other authors. I definitely want to check out Nic Stone’s work as I felt his story was one of the strongest ones in the book, but I’m not sure if I will pick up any of Dhonielle Clayton’s work as I found the 18 footnotes in the span of 25 pages to be a little much and tonally different than the rest of the book; that story was definitely a skimmer for me. Ashley Woodfolk’s story was a bit too insta-love for me, but I overall enjoyed that story, same with Tiffany D Jackson’s.
Overall, not bad, but some of the stories were overwritten (Angie Thomas’s) or didn’t mesh well enough tonally with the rest (Clayton’s).
It’s one of my more recent pet peeves with contemporary literature, and while I knew going in that the stories would center on NYC, I figured it wouldn’t be THAT bad. I was deluding myself lmao
I originally picked this up because I absolutely loved The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D Jackson, but I hadn’t read any of the other authors. I definitely want to check out Nic Stone’s work as I felt his story was one of the strongest ones in the book, but I’m not sure if I will pick up any of Dhonielle Clayton’s work as I found the 18 footnotes in the span of 25 pages to be a little much and tonally different than the rest of the book; that story was definitely a skimmer for me. Ashley Woodfolk’s story was a bit too insta-love for me, but I overall enjoyed that story, same with Tiffany D Jackson’s.
Overall, not bad, but some of the stories were overwritten (Angie Thomas’s) or didn’t mesh well enough tonally with the rest (Clayton’s).