Feral Youth

Feral Youth

Follows ten teens who are left alone in the wilderness amid a three-day survival test.
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Elissa Bowe LeBeau@wastingtime1994
3 stars
Aug 23, 2022

The premise was extremely interesting and for the first few pages I though I may have found a new favorite. However, the stories and writing styles were incredibly disjointed. There are some that were so amazing I wish they were full novels because I would read them immediately; they captured my attention and the story I needed to hear perfectly. Yet, some of them were not the right fit and I was just reading quickly to get back to the main story. Happy I read it, but happy it’s finished and I can move on.

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Flavia Louise@flaviaaalouise
3 stars
Mar 7, 2022

This sadly wasn't really it for me for the most part. Like 2.5 stars.

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Emily@readem
4 stars
Nov 17, 2021

This was... very strange. Admittedly, I still very much enjoyed it. It's hard to describe my feelings on a collection of stories that vary so greatly. The standouts in here (to me) were "A Cautionary Tale" by Stephanie Kuehn, "A Ruthless Dame" by Tim Floreen, and oddly enough, "Big Brother" by E.C. Myers. I really appreciate what this book set out to do and the overall construction of it was very interesting. Some stories were severely weird. And I don't mean that lightly. I have no idea where the idea for "Big Brother" came from, and frankly, I would rather let that remain a mystery. And, one must keep in mind, that my appreciation for "Big Brother" and "A Ruthless Dame" strictly come along with how the balance of fiction and fact was maintained by the narrator. If that extra layer had not been a factor, I would have found them significantly less meaningful. Some of these stories were a bit underdeveloped and cliché like "Jackie's Story" by Justina Ireland, and others were cluttered and utterly confusing like Alaya Dawn Johnson's "The Subjunctive." The ending of the book itself holds a message that undeniably aligns with Hutchinson's usual style. Overall, this collection held a lot of valuable ideas, and I thoroughly enjoyed working my way through it.

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Elodia@eloreads
4 stars
Oct 20, 2021

Average rating for this anthology was 3.6.

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kelsey@horrorforlove
2 stars
May 28, 2024
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Jeremy Warren Mills@upton0goode
3 stars
Jan 27, 2022
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Jonah K@jonahjules
5 stars
Dec 14, 2021
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Gemma Craig@bambam89
3 stars
Sep 3, 2021