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A review by originstorytoloveisdestroy
Blackout by Nicola Yoon, Dhonielle Clayton, Ashley Woodfolk, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas
4.0
I am so grateful I had an opportunity to read this novel filled with wonderful short stories. Each short story was very enjoyable in my opinion. I agree with some of the other reviews that many of the stories didn't leave a long-lasting mark, but they also felt extremely realistic like reliving memories, or watching an interaction between two people unfold before your eyes, which for me was a nice refresher from the more soap-opera-esque fiction (& YA Fic) novels I've read in recent years. These stories were also relatively quick reads which is nice for someone constantly on-the-go.
The only part of this novel I personally did not enjoy was the way they broke the short stories to be more time-line based (To better explain, they would cut a short story in half with another short story based on the time in which they were meant to occur). While this might be very enjoyable to others who read it; for me, it became slightly annoying to end on cliff-hangers and jump back and forth between characters. Ultimately, I took the time to separate the short stories and read them individually, after reading it in the intended format, and found this experience to be much more enjoyable.
The only part of this novel I personally did not enjoy was the way they broke the short stories to be more time-line based (To better explain, they would cut a short story in half with another short story based on the time in which they were meant to occur). While this might be very enjoyable to others who read it; for me, it became slightly annoying to end on cliff-hangers and jump back and forth between characters. Ultimately, I took the time to separate the short stories and read them individually, after reading it in the intended format, and found this experience to be much more enjoyable.