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A review by squidbag
Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns by Tim Wynne-Jones, Elizabeth Wein, Peter Johnson, Joyce Carol Oates, Chris Crutcher, Jennifer Hubbard, Michael Cart, Eric Shanower, Francesca Lia Block, Will Weaver, Marc Aronson, Ron Koertge, Chris Lynch, Walter Dean Myers, Edward Averett, Gregory Galloway, Alex Flinn
1.0
What a mess.
Especially after a book about teens and gun violence that fit together so well, this was a preachy, pointless, silly and often off-topic mishmash of stories kind of about guns with what seemed to be a well-intentioned mission, but no real plan for carrying it out. Editing would have maybe been something to do, here, or maybe this project was rushed to publication because of the other one, I don't know. Read the preface and the final story and put this back on the shelf, says I.
Especially after a book about teens and gun violence that fit together so well, this was a preachy, pointless, silly and often off-topic mishmash of stories kind of about guns with what seemed to be a well-intentioned mission, but no real plan for carrying it out. Editing would have maybe been something to do, here, or maybe this project was rushed to publication because of the other one, I don't know. Read the preface and the final story and put this back on the shelf, says I.