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This is such a fun book! Started with a few laughs so I didn’t think it was going to be serious. I was wrong, then I thought it was going to be a vigilante themed book, wrong again. Ending left me super warm and cozy. Definitely going to be recommending this book to people who need a fun read.

izzylouise's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

leafblade's review

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2.0

qué pajero el protagonista qué pajero markus zusak me encanta cómo a los 15 años un pibe de 18 que sólo piensa en coger es un hombre profundo y filosófico y cuando lo releés a los 23 es un pendejito calentón insoportable QUE SE CALLEEEE

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Estuve pensando durante un rato en si ponerle cuatro estrellas o, en cambio, subirle a cinco. Y voy a explicar por qué.

Cuando leí La ladrona de libros, cerca de la fecha de los Oscar de este año, lo primero que pensé fue "qué manera más rara de narrar". No sé qué tenía, pero me costó acostumbrarme. Era diferente. Cuando me acostumbré, el libro me encantó. Terminé el libro, lo cerré, fin de la historia. Y cuando abro este me encuentro con el estilo de Zusak otra vez, y tengo que volver a acostumbrarme. No fue sino hasta la mitad del segundo naipe que pude leer a un ritmo normal. A partir de ahí, el libro fue genial.

La historia me llenó completamente, y no me dejó con ganas de nada. Desde la relación de Ed con Doorman hasta la historia de Sophie, Milla, Edgar Street y Lua. Todas las historias me conmovieron de sobremanera (exceptuando, quizás, los Rose). Me encantaba ver a Ed comiéndose la cabeza para descifrar qué significaba cada naipe, porque sabía que después de todo eso venían más historias que me encantarían. Los dos últimos naipes eran algo que definitivamente no me esperaba, y me gustó cómo se desarrollaron. Podría haber sido mucho peor.

Lo que sí se me hizo rarísimo fue el final. No es por falta de comprensión de mi parte, porque lo entendí desde un primer momento, pero por dios, sí que fue raro. Zusak se lo podría haber ahorrado, pero no sería él si no le diera un giro extraño a la historia. Ya lo había aprendido con el narrador de La ladrona de libros.

dilchh's review against another edition

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3.0

I wanted to give this book a higher star, more than a three, especially because I did enjoy the book very much. And it’s not just the story that I enjoy, the characters, the plot and the narration were perfect; the ending that falls flat had to stop me from doing so and I feel a tad bit bad about it.

This book starts off like I’m going to like this book and I did like this book. There was something about Ed Kennedy and his narration of the story that made you just like the guy and he seems like a good chap, if he gave himself enough credit. I like the fact that the messages were sent through him in the form of playing cards and in the end it circled into this perfect philosophical meaning of the cards, I also enjoy the cryptic messages and how Ed finally crack the code and figured it himself what kind of message he had to send. I personally enjoy his message to Sophia.

Ed’s interaction and his commitment for Milla was very touching, it made me want to help Milla herself. She seems like a nice lady that’ll make you nice fluffy chiffon cake if she’s still capable of doing so. All through the entire book, I am enjoying this book and I definitely was curious to know how the book will end, or who actually sent those messages to Ed, or just to see did Ed finally turn into a better chap like how usually stories like this ends. As the story was coming to an end, I am getting more and more enamored by the story and how things turned up, but then when it actually came to its ending, everything was just an utter bummer!

The ending felt flat for an amazing book such as this, especially after a beautiful execution with Marv’s storyline. And it still upsets me that it seems like after all these supposedly amazing learning experience for Ed, eventually thing just lead up to Audrey; gosh I felt cheated when that Audrey storyline came up, it ruins the whole amazing things that had me hooked with the story.

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