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phoneticrenderer's review against another edition
3.0
Some lovely, so heart-wrenching, but some confusing as hell stories in this anthology. In particular "Without Saying" reads as a fever dream. And not in a romantic, post-modern stream-of-consciousness way. Overall, not a waste of time. Just not a first choice.
lezreadalot's review against another edition
4.0
...I'm honestly a little insulted that in this really sweetly written, poignant collection of stories about love, only one of them featured an f/f relationship. And it didn't even end in sappy romance! YOU LET ME DOWN, DAVID LEVITHAN!!!
(Not that I disliked "Miss Lucy had a Steamboat". I really liked it! We just got a lot of different m/m relationships, a lot of different m/f relationships... and then this. ;u;)
Reading this made me remember why David Levithan was my favourite author when I was in my teens, and why he remains so now. His style is also so simple and frank and open, and not to be a sap but I just love how he writes about LOVE. The more abstract pieces didn't work for me, I think he shines best when he's just telling a plain old story, but each piece had something about it that I liked, whether in the themes or the language or the style or the characters.
Favourite story in the collection was "Princes". Levithan writes really sweet teen romance but he also does sibling relationships really well.These two are my kids. :')
Really enjoyable collection.
(Not that I disliked "Miss Lucy had a Steamboat". I really liked it! We just got a lot of different m/m relationships, a lot of different m/f relationships... and then this. ;u;)
Reading this made me remember why David Levithan was my favourite author when I was in my teens, and why he remains so now. His style is also so simple and frank and open, and not to be a sap but I just love how he writes about LOVE. The more abstract pieces didn't work for me, I think he shines best when he's just telling a plain old story, but each piece had something about it that I liked, whether in the themes or the language or the style or the characters.
Favourite story in the collection was "Princes". Levithan writes really sweet teen romance but he also does sibling relationships really well.These two are my kids. :')
Really enjoyable collection.
justlily's review against another edition
2.0
There are two sure things in life.
I will always want to like David Levithan's work.
I won't like David Levithan's work.
Death and taxes are questionable.
I will always want to like David Levithan's work.
I won't like David Levithan's work.
Death and taxes are questionable.
chelseaabu1's review against another edition
4.0
I adored this collection of short stories! This was my first look at Levithan's work and I loved all the stories--even from his teen-writing days! As much as I wanted to, I couldn't read the book all the way through; I had to stop after each story so I could soak in all the feelings. LOVED IT
lennofspades's review against another edition
4.0
Originally posted @ Anatomy of a Booknerd
Actual rating: 3.5
This book has given me a whole new meaning to life. It is actually my first time to read a GLBT kind of story/stories, I never thought I’d like it in a way. Don’t get me wrong, I am not against GLBT relationships, it’s just that, I haven’t really gotten myself to like stories about it. But here, David Levithan made appreciate and like stories as such. Although, not all the stories in the book are about them, but the majority are!
This books has been on my to-read list since forever and I was finally able to read it recently! It is a book report of my brother’s and I helped him answer a few questions since he has a whole lot of projects to work on. At first, I thought I was doing him a favor but upon finishing the book, I realized that he was actually the one who did me a favor by lending me the book.
“Love weaves itself from hundreds of threads. Happenstance. And I was only one of them.”
This is my second time to read a David Levithan book and I liked it just as much as I liked Every Day. I picked up a lot of good lessons from the book about love and taking risks. I could tell you which stories I loved and which stories I hated, but that wouldn’t be the different from being biased. Most of the stories are beautiful, but then again there are other stories that was just “meh” for me.
My favorite of all the stories was The Number of People Who Meet on Airplanes. It was such a lovely story and made me think if such things ever really happen in real life, also I love the message Mr. Schwartz imparted. I loved every bit of the story! I loved how it made me realize that there are a lot of happenstance in life.
“We’d said we’d keep in touch. But touch is not something you can keep; as soon as it’s gone, it’s gone. We should have said we’d keep in words, because they are all we can string between us–words on a telephone line, words appearing on a screen.”
All in all, I gave this book a 3.5 stars out of 5! Though I have loved most of the stories, there were still some that just didn’t leave an impact on me and that actually what I search for in a book. With that said, I hope you guys read this book as well! It is a light read but will surely leave you lessons that you will most certainly remember!
“Love doesn’t have to be on Valentine’s Day. It doesn’t have to be by the time you turn eighteen or thirty-three or fifty-nine. It doesn’t have to conform to whatever is usual. It doesn’t have to be kismet at once, or rhapsody by the third day. It just has to be. In time. In place. In spirt. It just has to be.”
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Actual rating: 3.5
This book has given me a whole new meaning to life. It is actually my first time to read a GLBT kind of story/stories, I never thought I’d like it in a way. Don’t get me wrong, I am not against GLBT relationships, it’s just that, I haven’t really gotten myself to like stories about it. But here, David Levithan made appreciate and like stories as such. Although, not all the stories in the book are about them, but the majority are!
This books has been on my to-read list since forever and I was finally able to read it recently! It is a book report of my brother’s and I helped him answer a few questions since he has a whole lot of projects to work on. At first, I thought I was doing him a favor but upon finishing the book, I realized that he was actually the one who did me a favor by lending me the book.
“Love weaves itself from hundreds of threads. Happenstance. And I was only one of them.”
This is my second time to read a David Levithan book and I liked it just as much as I liked Every Day. I picked up a lot of good lessons from the book about love and taking risks. I could tell you which stories I loved and which stories I hated, but that wouldn’t be the different from being biased. Most of the stories are beautiful, but then again there are other stories that was just “meh” for me.
My favorite of all the stories was The Number of People Who Meet on Airplanes. It was such a lovely story and made me think if such things ever really happen in real life, also I love the message Mr. Schwartz imparted. I loved every bit of the story! I loved how it made me realize that there are a lot of happenstance in life.
“We’d said we’d keep in touch. But touch is not something you can keep; as soon as it’s gone, it’s gone. We should have said we’d keep in words, because they are all we can string between us–words on a telephone line, words appearing on a screen.”
All in all, I gave this book a 3.5 stars out of 5! Though I have loved most of the stories, there were still some that just didn’t leave an impact on me and that actually what I search for in a book. With that said, I hope you guys read this book as well! It is a light read but will surely leave you lessons that you will most certainly remember!
“Love doesn’t have to be on Valentine’s Day. It doesn’t have to be by the time you turn eighteen or thirty-three or fifty-nine. It doesn’t have to conform to whatever is usual. It doesn’t have to be kismet at once, or rhapsody by the third day. It just has to be. In time. In place. In spirt. It just has to be.”
- See more at: http://anatomyofabooknerd.tumblr.com/#sthash.94U7YRmT.dpuf
larysletters's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
heyjudy's review against another edition
4.0
~4/5
[Also available on my blog.]
This was the first book I read that was solely by Devid Levithan. I’ve read his co-author books with Rachel Cohn, and John Green, and maybe even some of his stories in some anthologies, but none of the books just by him. And after reading this, I’m going to have to get some more.
This is a book of short stories about different characters and their relationships, mostly romantic. They were all really good, and really interesting, and I enjoyed them. Some of my favorites were Starbucks Boy, The Alumni Interview, Princes, A Romantic Inclination, and Miss Lucy Had A Steamboat. But they were all really good. And each one was very different from the other. They had different characters, some had different styles of writing, and they had different messages, different purposes. I was quite impressed, as well as happy, with how much I enjoyed them all.
Most of them were about gay romances, but not all of them were. They weren’t all starring a teenage boy. They didn’t all have happy endings. Some had songs, one had science. Some were during school, some were during the summer, some had nothing to do with school. Each story had its own story to tell, and they were all very unique and different from the others.
This is a short review, but I don’t really have anything else to say. I enjoyed it quite a bit, that’s all.
[Also available on my blog.]
This was the first book I read that was solely by Devid Levithan. I’ve read his co-author books with Rachel Cohn, and John Green, and maybe even some of his stories in some anthologies, but none of the books just by him. And after reading this, I’m going to have to get some more.
This is a book of short stories about different characters and their relationships, mostly romantic. They were all really good, and really interesting, and I enjoyed them. Some of my favorites were Starbucks Boy, The Alumni Interview, Princes, A Romantic Inclination, and Miss Lucy Had A Steamboat. But they were all really good. And each one was very different from the other. They had different characters, some had different styles of writing, and they had different messages, different purposes. I was quite impressed, as well as happy, with how much I enjoyed them all.
Most of them were about gay romances, but not all of them were. They weren’t all starring a teenage boy. They didn’t all have happy endings. Some had songs, one had science. Some were during school, some were during the summer, some had nothing to do with school. Each story had its own story to tell, and they were all very unique and different from the others.
This is a short review, but I don’t really have anything else to say. I enjoyed it quite a bit, that’s all.
mckinlay's review against another edition
3.0
not my favorite of his but i liked a few of the stories.
julianna_schock's review against another edition
5.0
I love David Levithan's writing! He's so good and I love these kinds of books!
kadenmcguire's review against another edition
2.0
Most of the stories were very mediocre, and often samey. I didn’t like the writing style at all. The only story that I quite liked was Princes because of the sibling focus.