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A review by powisamy
I'll Be Home for Christmas by Holly Bourne
4.0
Book Review:
I was really excited to read I'll Be Home For Christmas as it contains some of my favourite UKYA and dealt with home at Christmas which was a theme that I was excited to read about. I really did enjoy this collection and it is a great read around Christmas, obviously.
Short stories are hit and miss for me, I often feel that I love some stories that then just find some average but this was not the case for this anthology and I really enjoyed all the stories although I do have some favourites. I also really liked the varying stories in the collection and think that they all tackled the theme differently which was something that I really enjoyed.
As I said, I did have some favourites and I really loved "The Family You Choose' by Cat Clarke as I think that it tackled the fact that family can be what you choose an is not always the ones that you were given and has stuck with me for the longest time. I also really loved Lisa Williamson's story, 'Routes and Wings' as it was really touching and hard hitting which I was not expecting from this collection.
Any collection, normally has a weird story which in this collection was Marcus Sedgwick's story and to be fair even though lots of people don't like this story, I like weird so this story was one of my highlights.
The Verdict:
I'll Be Home For Christmas is a great collection of short stories which are a great read and touch on some important issues.
I was really excited to read I'll Be Home For Christmas as it contains some of my favourite UKYA and dealt with home at Christmas which was a theme that I was excited to read about. I really did enjoy this collection and it is a great read around Christmas, obviously.
Short stories are hit and miss for me, I often feel that I love some stories that then just find some average but this was not the case for this anthology and I really enjoyed all the stories although I do have some favourites. I also really liked the varying stories in the collection and think that they all tackled the theme differently which was something that I really enjoyed.
As I said, I did have some favourites and I really loved "The Family You Choose' by Cat Clarke as I think that it tackled the fact that family can be what you choose an is not always the ones that you were given and has stuck with me for the longest time. I also really loved Lisa Williamson's story, 'Routes and Wings' as it was really touching and hard hitting which I was not expecting from this collection.
Any collection, normally has a weird story which in this collection was Marcus Sedgwick's story and to be fair even though lots of people don't like this story, I like weird so this story was one of my highlights.
The Verdict:
I'll Be Home For Christmas is a great collection of short stories which are a great read and touch on some important issues.