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bunny_herondale's review
5.0
La verdad está muy padre el libro<3 se burla de los clichés del YA pero al mismo tiempo te da una guía de escritura
En un rato voy a hacer una reseña en forma
En un rato voy a hacer una reseña en forma
bizzybee429's review against another edition
2.0
eugh. The concept for this was amazing, and I love the Twitter account, but this might take the cake for the most repetitive piece of literature I've ever read.
reading this book felt like when I'm sitting at a party while a random dude I've never talked to before drones on, mansplaining about whatever subject, except this time he's mansplaining about 2012 Tumblr.
It was boring, and the funny moments that showed up every so often weren't worth the utter monotony of the rest of the novel.
reading this book felt like when I'm sitting at a party while a random dude I've never talked to before drones on, mansplaining about whatever subject, except this time he's mansplaining about 2012 Tumblr.
It was boring, and the funny moments that showed up every so often weren't worth the utter monotony of the rest of the novel.
bespectacledbibliophile's review
5.0
Admittedly, I'm biased in favor of this book both because it fulfills a number of things on my narrative wish list--the evil ex is given a voice! be still my beating heart--and because I've had a number of lovely online conversations with the author.
That said, this book was FUN. I really enjoyed the scrapbook-like quality of the book itself, which felt like Broody had received all his literary advice from teen magazines circa 1998. The quizzes, bits of narrative, and interruptions from Blondie lent it a good deal of energy.
And speaking of Blondie, I love her. I do. Before this book came out, I spent a not insubstantial amount of time being frustrated with Hallmark movies for many of the reasons I am frustrated with the evil ex girlfriend trope. Blondie is a sassy antidote to that. Not only does she tear down a number of the problematic tropes and trends that surround many a brooding YA hero, but making those great points doesn't require her to be any less blonde, feminine, designer-fashion-loving, or, to some extent, mean.
Genuinely, may Broody forgive me, I'd love to read more about Blondie's quest to become a main character in her own right.
That said, this book was FUN. I really enjoyed the scrapbook-like quality of the book itself, which felt like Broody had received all his literary advice from teen magazines circa 1998. The quizzes, bits of narrative, and interruptions from Blondie lent it a good deal of energy.
And speaking of Blondie, I love her. I do. Before this book came out, I spent a not insubstantial amount of time being frustrated with Hallmark movies for many of the reasons I am frustrated with the evil ex girlfriend trope. Blondie is a sassy antidote to that. Not only does she tear down a number of the problematic tropes and trends that surround many a brooding YA hero, but making those great points doesn't require her to be any less blonde, feminine, designer-fashion-loving, or, to some extent, mean.
Genuinely, may Broody forgive me, I'd love to read more about Blondie's quest to become a main character in her own right.
gabbyreadswithtea's review
3.0
I read 90% of this book in the waiting room of doctors offices over the last two years... yep you heard that right TWO YEARS. I am definitely embarrassed. I did enjoy how easy this was to pick up after so many weeks, years etc. of reading it last and it gave me a good laugh. It’s one of those books that’s easy to flick through one or two pages when you have a spare moment, which I guess is why it was such a big twitter trend.
ellieroth's review against another edition
2.0
Original de: El Blog del Gato - El Extraño Gato del Cuento
el libro no esa malo, el problema es que yo fui con la intención de leer algo divertido, y la verdad es que Brooding YA Hero: Becoming a Main Character (Almost) as Awesome as Me es un libro más bien educativo. Aprendí bastante sobre narración y arquetipos y muchas otras cosas que me servirán la próxima vez que catalogue un libro, y espero también a la hora de reseñar.
Si bien el libro tiene sus momentos de gracia, hay un problema cuando quieres hacer comedia, en este caso parodia y ya lo había dicho antes que, si no lo haces bien, no funciona, si el lector correcto no lee el libro, no funciona. Por la cantidad de buenas puntuaciones que le han dado en Goodreads, es muy probable que el problema haya sido yo.
Quizás me ha pasado lo que a muchos les pasó con Tousle Me, se burló tanto de algo que me gusta que dejó de ser broma y empezó a ser un poco cruel. Las cinco primeras bromas me hicieron sonreír, pero cuando le iba una y otra vez a lo mismo, ya no tanto. Las ocurrencias empezaron a convertirse en menosprecio y se me hacía un poco incómodo seguir leyendo.
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el libro no esa malo, el problema es que yo fui con la intención de leer algo divertido, y la verdad es que Brooding YA Hero: Becoming a Main Character (Almost) as Awesome as Me es un libro más bien educativo. Aprendí bastante sobre narración y arquetipos y muchas otras cosas que me servirán la próxima vez que catalogue un libro, y espero también a la hora de reseñar.
Si bien el libro tiene sus momentos de gracia, hay un problema cuando quieres hacer comedia, en este caso parodia y ya lo había dicho antes que, si no lo haces bien, no funciona, si el lector correcto no lee el libro, no funciona. Por la cantidad de buenas puntuaciones que le han dado en Goodreads, es muy probable que el problema haya sido yo.
Quizás me ha pasado lo que a muchos les pasó con Tousle Me, se burló tanto de algo que me gusta que dejó de ser broma y empezó a ser un poco cruel. Las cinco primeras bromas me hicieron sonreír, pero cuando le iba una y otra vez a lo mismo, ya no tanto. Las ocurrencias empezaron a convertirse en menosprecio y se me hacía un poco incómodo seguir leyendo.
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jadelee_ls's review
5.0
9.5/10, truly fantastic!
Šis bija negaidīti labi! Kādu laiku atpakaļ twitter parādījās lielisks parodijkonts Brooding YA Hero, kurš gaumīgi pavilka uz zoba populāras klišejas jauniešu literatūrā. Protams, tas ātri vien kļuva mežonīgi populārs. Tā veidotāja Carrie Ann DiRisio pat saņēma piedāvājumu izveidot grāmatu.
Te sākās āķīgākā daļa - ja, tas parodijkonts ir foršs, bet kā no atsevišķiem tvītiem izveidot materiālu grāmatai? Es no sākuma šaubījos, vai rezultāts būs veiksmīgs.
Bet ohhhhh, cik veiksmīgs šis bija! Gan smieklīgs, gan ar sižetu, gan velnišķīgi iedvesmojošs par turpmāku jauniešu literatūras attīstību.
Turklāt ir neizsakāmi patīkami konstatēt, ka manis pašas rakstītajā ir izrevidētas senos laikos uzkrātās stulbības un nekas no absurdi smieklīgajām klišejām tur vairs nav sastopamas.
Nudien lieliska grāmata, kura kalpos kā piemineklis YA žanra posmam aptuveni no 2008.-2016.gadam.
Šis bija negaidīti labi! Kādu laiku atpakaļ twitter parādījās lielisks parodijkonts Brooding YA Hero, kurš gaumīgi pavilka uz zoba populāras klišejas jauniešu literatūrā. Protams, tas ātri vien kļuva mežonīgi populārs. Tā veidotāja Carrie Ann DiRisio pat saņēma piedāvājumu izveidot grāmatu.
Te sākās āķīgākā daļa - ja, tas parodijkonts ir foršs, bet kā no atsevišķiem tvītiem izveidot materiālu grāmatai? Es no sākuma šaubījos, vai rezultāts būs veiksmīgs.
Bet ohhhhh, cik veiksmīgs šis bija! Gan smieklīgs, gan ar sižetu, gan velnišķīgi iedvesmojošs par turpmāku jauniešu literatūras attīstību.
Turklāt ir neizsakāmi patīkami konstatēt, ka manis pašas rakstītajā ir izrevidētas senos laikos uzkrātās stulbības un nekas no absurdi smieklīgajām klišejām tur vairs nav sastopamas.
Nudien lieliska grāmata, kura kalpos kā piemineklis YA žanra posmam aptuveni no 2008.-2016.gadam.
salot3's review
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
angelicasreads's review
3.0
Ever since my friend showed me the Brooding YA Hero twitter page, I knew I had to read this.
This book is a satirical breakdown of how most YA novels are written and it brilliantly points out many topics that definitely need to be discussed.
It is a criticism on the harmful tropes authors use in YA, making fun of lazy writing and cliched development. It also speaks a lot about the stereotypes and plain lack of diversity that goes into writing YA, especially when most writers are white and straight and upper middle class. All of this done while not sounding condescending or hateful of young adult novels if anything, all was done while showing appreciation for it. And of course, let's not forget, the book is hilarious.
And yet, I didn't love this.
While the content was great, at times it got very repetitive. I would read one paragraph and have a sense of déjà vu cause that same thing had been said a chapter earlier with similar words.
Another issue I had with the book was the constant shift in format. While this is something that many of you will not mind, I prefer my books to keep one form and roll from there. This book, for example, starts out as a first-person narrative from the POV of Broody, the brooding YA hero. It then becomes a third person narrative with an omniscient narrator. Then it becomes a series of lists in which tropes are described and criticized, narrated in the first person from Broody's POV. Then it becomes a first-person narrative from the POV of Blondie DeMeani, Broody's evil ex-girlfriend, whom I loved.
I think that this is my main problem with the book because I simply could not get into it like I wanted.
Had this been a solid narrative I might have loved it. Had it been a series of many hilarious lists, I might have loved it more. I didn't like the combination of both.
That said, there are many funny and important things brought up in this book, for example, "don't describe people like food", a thing white authors do often when describing anyone of color. We don't like being called chocolate, coffee, caramel, or mocha. This isn't a Starbucks, thank you very much.
Also, I love how it talks about the misrepresentation of foreigners by white, American authors.
I hate this trope and was so glad they included it there.
Overall, I totally recommend. They should make aspiring YA authors, and even current YA authors read this. Maybe it will open their eyes to all the idiotic and borderline offensive things that go into their writing.
***I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.***
This book is a satirical breakdown of how most YA novels are written and it brilliantly points out many topics that definitely need to be discussed.
It is a criticism on the harmful tropes authors use in YA, making fun of lazy writing and cliched development. It also speaks a lot about the stereotypes and plain lack of diversity that goes into writing YA, especially when most writers are white and straight and upper middle class. All of this done while not sounding condescending or hateful of young adult novels if anything, all was done while showing appreciation for it. And of course, let's not forget, the book is hilarious.
And yet, I didn't love this.
While the content was great, at times it got very repetitive. I would read one paragraph and have a sense of déjà vu cause that same thing had been said a chapter earlier with similar words.
Another issue I had with the book was the constant shift in format. While this is something that many of you will not mind, I prefer my books to keep one form and roll from there. This book, for example, starts out as a first-person narrative from the POV of Broody, the brooding YA hero. It then becomes a third person narrative with an omniscient narrator. Then it becomes a series of lists in which tropes are described and criticized, narrated in the first person from Broody's POV. Then it becomes a first-person narrative from the POV of Blondie DeMeani, Broody's evil ex-girlfriend, whom I loved.
I think that this is my main problem with the book because I simply could not get into it like I wanted.
Had this been a solid narrative I might have loved it. Had it been a series of many hilarious lists, I might have loved it more. I didn't like the combination of both.
That said, there are many funny and important things brought up in this book, for example, "don't describe people like food", a thing white authors do often when describing anyone of color. We don't like being called chocolate, coffee, caramel, or mocha. This isn't a Starbucks, thank you very much.
Also, I love how it talks about the misrepresentation of foreigners by white, American authors.
"I come from a foreign country that's probably made up, or might as well have been, for all the accuracy of the Author's portrayal. My skin will be described as a shade of chocolate or coffee, which will be highly offensive, but my author will find romantic. I'll speak perfect English, but I'll be sure to use my native tongue (thanks, Google Translate!) for two things: swearing and terms of endearment."
I hate this trope and was so glad they included it there.
Overall, I totally recommend. They should make aspiring YA authors, and even current YA authors read this. Maybe it will open their eyes to all the idiotic and borderline offensive things that go into their writing.
***I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.***