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m_carmen's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
ibnussabel's review against another edition
4.0
Un llibre que solia llegir-se a BUP als anys 90. Llegit amb una mica més d’edat, resulta interessant, tot i ser totalment previsible i una mica ingenu. De tota manera, si en fessin una sèrie, la miraria.
marialschez's review against another edition
3.0
Raro, muy raro pero entretenido aunque de verdad que no le encuentro un fin exacto por el que pudiera ser escrito, y de lo último sobre los protagonistas ya me traumatizó O.O
michividal's review against another edition
4.0
-Why have we never thought of this?
-Maybe because we don't understand
-That's not a reason
The novel"Mecanoscrit del segon origen" by Manuel de Pedrolo follows two kids (Alba 14, Didac 8) after having survived an extraterrestrial attack, which wiped out almost all of mankind.
Alba and Didac, despite being so young have to find a new believe system in a world with no one to guide them. On top of that they have to live with the responsibility of having to repopulate the world, as well as saving humankinds legacy. They quickly realize that their biggest source of information, and therefore survival, is books, so they start saving them and educating themselves. Both of them are very observant, clever and think logically, which is probably why they manage to survive and to keep their sanity, when so many others don't.
This novel places you in an environment which is not corrupted by money, religion, nor politics and asks you: what is really important, not only for survival, but for happiness?
Overall it's a very well written and captivating story, full with interesting reflections and questions like:
-It said you had to have faith. And we don't.
-So, they don't exist?
-For those who believe they do. They create them themselves.
-I remember it differently from when I was younger.
-But your not that young anymore. All of this was a tool to make people afraid, to make them obey, so that they would resign.
In the end Didac unfortunately dies, leaving behind Alba and their Baby. Alba then is forced to reconsider their future, having to wait until that baby is old enough to have more children with.
Ultimately, Pedrolo wants to hold up a mirror with this and ask the reader:
How far would you go to keep humankind and it's legacy alive?
albertmarti's review against another edition
5.0
Uno de los libros que me dejó un grato recuerdo en mi adolescencia. No sé si hoy le daría también 5 estrellas pero las merece por lo perdurable de su impacto.
Hoy parece adelantado a su tiempo, con tantas novelas posteriores ambientadas también en mundos post-apocalípticos.
Una gran novela de uno de los grandes de la literatura catalana.
Hoy parece adelantado a su tiempo, con tantas novelas posteriores ambientadas también en mundos post-apocalípticos.
Una gran novela de uno de los grandes de la literatura catalana.
laiareads's review against another edition
4.0
El libro me lo leí en castellano, pero en goodreads no lo he encontrado.
Bien, el libro me gustó mucho. Lo recomiendo. Es muy ligero y rápido de leer
Bien, el libro me gustó mucho. Lo recomiendo. Es muy ligero y rápido de leer