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First-Year Orientation by Eric Smith, Lauren Gibaldi

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bookwyrm76's review against another edition

4.0

As with all short story collections there are some that will hit batter than others and milage varies per reader. Overall I liked more than those I didn't click with. None were bad, the casts were diverse, the stories linked so Clubs, characters, and even events in some stories are background in others. I was even tempted to go back and read earlier stories to see if there were appearances on characters/events from later stories. There is a single one I spotted as going to be featured later, but more stable things I probably wouldn't have spotted or remembered.

zaineylaney's review against another edition

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4.0

A little bit different of a review for me. This book was sent to me to read by the publisher but one of the editors is the wife of a work colleague. It’s a short story collection which I don’t normally read because I want to live in the stories longer than a short story allows. I had already read their previous collaboration, Battle of the Bands, which was fun. This one is all about 16 different people who are on the Rolland college campus for the day when orientation happens. Not all are students. 2 are tv celebrities, 1 is a college age gardener on campus, 1 time travels. There are a few chapters that have really cool cultural backgrounds that were fascinating. And there is a little bit of cross referencing between the chapters so if you have really bad short-term memory, I recommend reading this all at once rather than one a day like I did. Recommend if you like YA Contemporary.

hermoonreads's review against another edition

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3.0

A nice collection of short stories that work well together, I loved the cute references and call outs to the others within some of them too. As with most collections, it was a bit hit and miss for me in terms of quality. Some stories were easily 4 or 5 stars and others were 2, so I've rounded to an average of 3.