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All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages
by Saundra Mitchell
In all honesty, this deserved a 3/5. I adored the representation and the intentions of the collection, however some of the stories I felt were so weak and just... plain bad. I typically love short stories, but a good deal of these were drab and plotless and overall dissatisfying.
HOWEVERR, there were a few that really blew me away (Healing Rosa, Willows, Every Shade Of Red, The Inferno & The Butterfly and one or two others). Only a few out of seventeen stories were actually amazing, and I'd say those few are worth the whole book. But the ratio of good-bad stories doesn't have enough good to bring up my unofficial rating above a 3/5.
I am giving this a 4/5 on record, because I'm wily like that.
In short, it's a good book. It has good representation of all kinds of minorities! But some of the stories in this collection just didn't cut it for me, while others really blew me away. I'd recommend if you're looking for an easy summer read.
HOWEVERR, there were a few that really blew me away (Healing Rosa, Willows, Every Shade Of Red, The Inferno & The Butterfly and one or two others). Only a few out of seventeen stories were actually amazing, and I'd say those few are worth the whole book. But the ratio of good-bad stories doesn't have enough good to bring up my unofficial rating above a 3/5.
I am giving this a 4/5 on record, because I'm wily like that.
In short, it's a good book. It has good representation of all kinds of minorities! But some of the stories in this collection just didn't cut it for me, while others really blew me away. I'd recommend if you're looking for an easy summer read.