review Archives - Youth Are Awesome https://youthareawesome.com/tag/review/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:21:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Run Like A Girl by Amaka Egbe– A YA Debut https://youthareawesome.com/run-like-a-girl-by-amaka-egbe-a-ya-debut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=run-like-a-girl-by-amaka-egbe-a-ya-debut https://youthareawesome.com/run-like-a-girl-by-amaka-egbe-a-ya-debut/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:21:56 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=117259 In her debut novel, Amaka Egbe writes the story of a young Black girl, and new reality as her life is sprung into chaos after moving in with her estranged father.  Before delving into this review of author Amaka Egbe’s ‘Run Like A Girl’, I would like to take a moment to thank those who […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/run-like-a-girl-by-amaka-egbe-a-ya-debut/feed/ 0 How to Study Smarter, Not Harder: Finals Edition https://youthareawesome.com/how-to-study-smarter-not-harder-finals-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-study-smarter-not-harder-finals-edition Sun, 18 May 2025 03:22:05 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=116883 June is right around the corner, which means finals are coming up. If you’re anything like most students, you might be somewhere between mild panic, persistent procrastination, to full-on caffeine-fueled cramming. But here’s the thing: you don’t need to study 12 hours a day or pull all-nighters to ace your exams. So let’s talk about […]

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]]> The Myth of Hades and Persephone Explained https://youthareawesome.com/the-myth-of-hades-and-persephone-explained/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-myth-of-hades-and-persephone-explained Thu, 20 Mar 2025 23:04:51 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=115907 *Keep in Mind! There are multiple variations of this myth. However, the version I will be talking about is the relatively more popular one. What is the Myth of Hades and Persephone? The Myth of Hades and Persephone is a famous Greek story that explains how the cycle of seasons came to be, as well […]

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]]> Top 5 Apps for Staying Productive https://youthareawesome.com/top-5-apps-for-staying-productive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-5-apps-for-staying-productive Sun, 08 Dec 2024 22:48:30 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=113945 Google Calendar Google Calendar is a super helpful tool that makes it easier for people to manage their time and stay organized. It has cool features like setting up events, getting reminders, and repeating events, so you never forget important things. Plus, it works well with other Google apps like Gmail and Google Meet, which […]

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]]> Le Français: Complications of Conjugation https://youthareawesome.com/le-francais-complications-of-conjugation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=le-francais-complications-of-conjugation Sat, 30 Nov 2024 09:28:57 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=113390 The Language of Love The French language is considered to be one of the most romantic languages in the world. With Paris as a popular tourist destination for its amorous atmosphere and the French being associated with their welcoming and intimate demeanor, there’s no question why it is deemed to be the language of love! […]

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]]> Book Review: Long Way Down https://youthareawesome.com/book-review-long-way-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-review-long-way-down Mon, 13 May 2024 15:53:14 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=112045                                              Caution: Mentions of gun violence and murder ahead!                                                  Introduction: […]

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]]> Guess the Movie from the Emoji Plot Summary: Can You Get Them Right? https://youthareawesome.com/guess-the-movie-from-the-emoji-plot-summary-can-you-get-them-right/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guess-the-movie-from-the-emoji-plot-summary-can-you-get-them-right Mon, 08 Apr 2024 14:08:27 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=112208 Hello! As per the title, I’ve interpreted 5 movies into emojis based off of the plot. The movies range from genres of anime, romance, LGBTQ+, drama, and comedy. Please enjoy! Movie #1:  🤓♀️🪄❤️‍🔥📚 🏫, 😡💪🤾♀️, 🍯💗♀️  🍫🎂 😡♀️ 🏡→🍬, 🪆 → 🍯♀️ and 🤓♀️ 😡♀️ → 🫠♀️ 🍯♀️ and 🤓♀️ →  🏠👪   Movie #2:  […]

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]]> The Rise of Animal Crossing: Why It Became a Pandemic Escape for People in 2020 https://youthareawesome.com/the-rise-of-animal-crossing-why-it-became-a-pandemic-escape-for-people-in-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-rise-of-animal-crossing-why-it-became-a-pandemic-escape-for-people-in-2020 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 22:09:19 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=111422         THE RISE OF ANIMAL CROSSING   Animal Crossing is a Nintendo game series about exploring, creating, and living in your own self made paradise. While there are 5 versions of this game released worldwide, we’re going to be focusing on the one released in March, 20, 2020; Animal Crossing: New Horizons. […]

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]]> Inside out: Unpacking the Message of Empathy https://youthareawesome.com/inside-out-unpacking-the-message-of-empathy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inside-out-unpacking-the-message-of-empathy Tue, 23 Jan 2024 04:05:59 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=111274 Introduction: Welcome to the story of Inside out, an animated movie released in the year of 2015. This movie highlights different emotions through a cast of characters set in the main characters brain, Riley. In this post I will talk about the role of empathy in the movie and how it can relate to viewers. […]

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]]> My Thoughts on Finishing The Maze Runner https://youthareawesome.com/my-thoughts-on-finishing-the-maze-runner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-thoughts-on-finishing-the-maze-runner Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:50:50 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=110890 *No spoilers ahead*   First of all, what is The Maze Runner? The first book in The Maze Runner trilogy is about how a group of boys living in a dystopian world have to learn to escape the maze that lies outside of the walls around courtyard they live in. The boys memories are all […]

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]]> More Resources to Help You Tackle Diploma Multiple Choice Exams https://youthareawesome.com/more-resources-to-help-you-tackle-diploma-multiple-choice-exams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-resources-to-help-you-tackle-diploma-multiple-choice-exams Sat, 21 Jan 2023 07:38:17 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=109316   Following my previous post, this list of resources ensures that you’ll be prepared for diploma-style multiple choice exams. Additionally, I wanted to specifically focus on English and Social, because multiple-choice tests for those subjects are harder for most students. Previous Diplomas These are probably the most important documents you can look at. Guides for […]

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]]> Fantastic Mr. Fox – Film Analysis https://youthareawesome.com/fantastic-mr-fox-film-analysis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fantastic-mr-fox-film-analysis Wed, 30 Mar 2022 02:19:26 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=107704 Brief Summary: A wild animal seeks to find its true self; Mr. Fox finds himself stuck in between identities in which he cannot choose which one to favor more than the other. He steals chicken as living, hiding this secret behind his wife and son. Conflict of the farmers and relationship between resident animals, Mr. […]

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]]> 3 Idiots https://youthareawesome.com/3-idiots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3-idiots Thu, 10 Mar 2022 06:25:12 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=107244 Listed as a must watch for the 100 movies bucket list, 3 idiots is a story worth remembering. This story follows 3 best friends: Farhan, Raju, and Rancho, engineering students at the Imperial College of Engineering, one of India’s top institutions. Farhan aspires to be a wildlife photographer but is pursuing an engineering degree to […]

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]]> Picking the right highschool for you (a teenager’s perspective) https://youthareawesome.com/picking-the-right-highschool-for-you-a-teenagers-perspective/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=picking-the-right-highschool-for-you-a-teenagers-perspective Thu, 10 Mar 2022 06:14:34 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=107273 Picking the right high school to go to can be very overwhelming. I’m currently in grade 9. Therefore, this year, I had to decide whether I wanted to go to my designated high school, or apply to a different one. Here are all the reasons why I chose to put in a request to transfer […]

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]]> 13th https://youthareawesome.com/13th/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=13th Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:00:36 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=106734 Black History Month is more than just a celebratory month for people who have made it far despite the deeply integrated systemic barriers they have faced. However, Black History Month is also a time to appreciate, to listen and hear our the truth of history and how history shapes the reality of today. 13th is […]

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]]> Eternals Movie Review https://youthareawesome.com/eternals-movie-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eternals-movie-review Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:31:04 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=105798 Eternals just broke an M.C.U record! For the lowest rated Marvel movie. This movie was very unnecessary, and it had nothing to do with the Avengers. It was probably the slowest action movie that I personally have ever seen. “It’s like the person who made this only wanted to make it to see if they […]

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]]> Penguin House’s “Little Black Classics Box Set” Is a Must Have https://youthareawesome.com/penguin-houses-little-black-classics-box-set-is-a-must-have/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=penguin-houses-little-black-classics-box-set-is-a-must-have Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:08:32 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=105960 As a teenager, online shopping is a past time that I frequent. Of course there’s other things that I do, such as: reading, playing video games, and such and such. But I would like to just highlight the reading part. The number one thing I did as a child was read. Books upon books (especially […]

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]]> The Stunning Return Of Violet Evergarden https://youthareawesome.com/the-stunning-return-of-violet-evergarden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-stunning-return-of-violet-evergarden Fri, 26 Nov 2021 22:51:39 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=104828 Violet Evergarden: The Movie is the first movie released by Kyoto Animations after the arson attack that occurred in 2019. This film has been awaited by fans worldwide and carries a large amount of emotional weight; on and off-screen. Violet Evergarden is a wonderful anime series that follows a slice of life format that has […]

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]]> The Enduring Mystery Of Miraculous Ladybug https://youthareawesome.com/the-enduring-mystery-of-miraculous-ladybug/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-enduring-mystery-of-miraculous-ladybug Fri, 27 Aug 2021 03:38:58 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=103977 Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir can only be described as completely baffling. Known within its (extensive, as in ostensibly millions strong) fandom as Miraculous Ladybug, Miraculous, or simply MLB, it’s a French 3D animated show aimed primarily at a middle grade audience (kids ages 7-12) about two superheroes and, eventually, their classmates and […]

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]]> 4 Classic Book Recommendations https://youthareawesome.com/4-classic-book-recommendations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-classic-book-recommendations https://youthareawesome.com/4-classic-book-recommendations/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2021 03:13:06 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=103169 With the summer break finally here, we may be reveling in the freedom of not having to read books, specifically classics, for our English courses. While the arduous task of having to write analytical essays on these types of books, and their sometimes archaic language, might make them seem less appealing, I firmly believe classics […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/4-classic-book-recommendations/feed/ 1 5 of my Favorite Self-Help Books  https://youthareawesome.com/5-of-my-favorite-self-help-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=5-of-my-favorite-self-help-books Wed, 21 Apr 2021 04:54:15 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=102281 Once again, most of the Calgary student population is back to online school. I usually lose a lot of motivation at home, and it is very easy to feel down about yourself. That is why I want to share some of my favorite self-help books that I have, currently am, or want to read in […]

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]]> Top 8 Mug Meals of All Time https://youthareawesome.com/top-8-mug-meals-of-all-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-8-mug-meals-of-all-time Tue, 21 Apr 2020 03:19:57 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=99411 Hungry? How ’bout a Meal in a Mug! The idea of having to prepare a meal that will inevitably take longer to make than to eat always bugged me to no end. That’s where mug meals come in. I make these more often than I would like to admit and have become somewhat of a […]

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]]> Why Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda’s “Monstress” is a Subversive Masterpiece https://youthareawesome.com/why-marjorie-liu-and-sana-takedas-monstress-is-a-subversive-masterpiece/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-marjorie-liu-and-sana-takedas-monstress-is-a-subversive-masterpiece Fri, 31 Jan 2020 07:03:09 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=99340   Monstress is a serial graphic novel written by Marjorie Liu and illustrated by Sana Takeda, following the story of teenage girl Maika Halfwolf in what is described as “an alternate, matriarchal 1900s Asia brimming with arcane dangers” and on the brink of a species war. Since its release, it has garnered widespread praise from […]

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]]> Book Recommendation: 1984 by George Orwell https://youthareawesome.com/book-recommendation-1984-by-george-orwell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-recommendation-1984-by-george-orwell Fri, 27 Dec 2019 05:48:10 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=98991 Christmas holidays never fail to excite me, but I also dread awkwardly following my parents around during family dinners. If you are an individual like me, who enjoys reading novels with dystopian settings or who just enjoys the works of George Orwell in general, I would highly recommend reading “1984” by George Orwell during the […]

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]]> The Locked Room: Dead Meat Experience https://youthareawesome.com/the-locked-room-dead-meat-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-locked-room-dead-meat-experience Wed, 01 May 2019 02:12:57 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=97681 Escape rooms or locked rooms whichever name you prefer to give them is a fun way to test to see how smart your team, friend group, family etc. is. I love doing them because I get this rush of adrenaline as my friends and I try to gather the clues and figure out how to […]

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]]> Restaurant Review: Forbidden City, Pacific Place Mall NE https://youthareawesome.com/restaurant-review-forbidden-city-pacific-place-mall-ne/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=restaurant-review-forbidden-city-pacific-place-mall-ne Tue, 12 Feb 2019 04:06:38 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=95544 Dim Sum is the Chinese version of Sunday brunch: served anytime from mid-morning to late afternoon, with various bite-sized portions of food served in small bamboo steamer baskets and lots of tea. It’s a lazy, long meal. Most dishes are very light in flavour, portions are small, and each plate is shared by the whole […]

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]]> Two Ways of Seeing a River https://youthareawesome.com/ways-river/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ways-river Fri, 25 Jan 2019 01:11:47 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=95447 American novelists and humourist Mark Twain wrote an autobiography called “Life on the Mississippi”. “Two Ways of Seeing a River is an excerpt from this book, and is Twain’s account of learning to be a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River. He delves into the changes in attitude he experiences concerning the river after becoming a steamboat pilot. […]

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]]> Review: Witch’s Brew Frappuccino https://youthareawesome.com/review-witchs-brew-frappuccino/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-witchs-brew-frappuccino Thu, 01 Nov 2018 22:49:55 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=94030 Calling all witches! If you are a basic witch like me, you must have been just as excited as me to hear about this year’s Halloween themed Starbucks Frappuccino, the “Witch’s Brew”. This drink is a witch’s dream. Yum! Toad’s breath, bat warts, and lizard scales, the perfect ingredients for a witch. I usually do […]

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]]> Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race https://youthareawesome.com/book-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-review https://youthareawesome.com/book-review/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2018 01:16:13 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=92988 In February 2014, London-based, award winning journalist, Reni Eddo-Lodge published a blog titled, “Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race.” It explained the vastly recognized frustration that people of colour experience describing struggle to those who can’t wholly relate and refuse to listen. In the blog she explains, I cannot continue to […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/book-review/feed/ 2 AVENGERS INFINITY WAR: A Review (Spoiler Free) https://youthareawesome.com/avengers-infinity-war-review-spoiler-free/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=avengers-infinity-war-review-spoiler-free Tue, 01 May 2018 20:51:13 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=92209 The third Avengers movie recently came out on the 27th and I was lucky enough to watch it without reading any spoilers online. Don’t worry, I’ll try to keep this post relatively spoiler-free as well for those of you who haven’t seen it. First things first, OH MY GOD. Bring your tissues and inhaler, people, […]

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