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Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel by Douglas Preston, Margaret Atwood, The Authors Guild
6 reviews
nialiversuch's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma
Minor: Racism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Vomit
scmiller's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Alcohol, and Death
Moderate: Rape, War, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Self harm, Suicide, Xenophobia, Sexism, Dementia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Classism, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Minor: Deportation, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Ableism, Animal death, and Chronic illness
jenabest's review against another edition
4.0
This ABSOLUTELY will not be for everyone. It's weird. It's experimental. It's NOT plot driven. It's completely in the COVID trenches in early days pandemic lockdown in NYC.
I really liked the format of the different tenants coming together on the rooftop to do nothing but share stories when no one could come and go freely due to the absolute explosion of COVID cases. I think a lot of the negative-to-luke-warm reviews of this book stem from the capturing of the feeling of those early lockdown days. It's in very recent memory and people don't want to think about it again right now. But I think the lack of a driving/cohesive plot and just the existence of people sharing seemingly random stories and hobbies really does capture what those early weeks were like. I also liked how you don't know who wrote what pieces until you finish - though I did have 2 that pulled me completely out of the story ... And unfortunately was disappointed at which 2 authors those were.
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, Racism, and Death
mandyherbet's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
And it reads like a bad writing school project. It's self-indulgent and inconsistent. Some chapters are tight and interesting and engaging and others don't work for me because the authors are too disparate in their styles. It could have been so good but because each author wants to write in THEIR style, it feels cheap and, yes, I'll say it again, self-indulgent. I enjoyed the parts written by Douglas Preston as he set up and closed the story and I thought the ending was clever but the rest of it was bad. And Margaret Atwood's chapter? As much as it pains me to say it, it was one of the worst.
Maybe it's too soon for me to read Covid narratives. Maybe the collaborative novel isn't for me. Or maybe someone should have gently told these authors and the American Society of Authors that this was a nice idea but best left in the classroom or on a blog.
Graphic: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic
aseel_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racial slurs, Alcohol, and Colonisation
lvleggett's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Moderate: Racism, Sexual violence, Death, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent, Dementia, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Suicide