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A review by tysbooks
Out There Screaming by Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
Anthologies are hard to rate because not all stories will usually work for me and that was especially the case with this one. Some stories that really stood out include:
Reckless Eyeball (N.K. Jemisin)
Eye & Tooth (Rebecca Roanhorse)
The Other One (Violet Allen)
The Norwood Trouble (Maurice Broaddus)
A Grief of the Dead (Rion Amilcar Scott)
An American Fable (Cheysa Burke)
Your Happy Place (Terence Taylor)
Hide & Seek (P.Djeli Clark)
These stories had the perfect amount of horror, most of them were the right length and I understood the messaging the authors were trying to convey. The rest of the stories in this anthology didn't work for me because they were either confusing, the stories were to long or they didn't have enough horror. I did like how all these stories touched on different topics and included social commentary on things such as racism, segregation, grief, suicide and prison reform. Overall, I'm happy I was able to check this one out and was introduced to authors I might not have read from otherwise.
Reckless Eyeball (N.K. Jemisin)
Eye & Tooth (Rebecca Roanhorse)
The Other One (Violet Allen)
The Norwood Trouble (Maurice Broaddus)
A Grief of the Dead (Rion Amilcar Scott)
An American Fable (Cheysa Burke)
Your Happy Place (Terence Taylor)
Hide & Seek (P.Djeli Clark)
These stories had the perfect amount of horror, most of them were the right length and I understood the messaging the authors were trying to convey. The rest of the stories in this anthology didn't work for me because they were either confusing, the stories were to long or they didn't have enough horror. I did like how all these stories touched on different topics and included social commentary on things such as racism, segregation, grief, suicide and prison reform. Overall, I'm happy I was able to check this one out and was introduced to authors I might not have read from otherwise.