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3.91 AVERAGE
„My Mechanical Romance „ to bardzo ciepła opowieść idealna dla jak i młodszych (14+) jak i starszych czytelników. Jest to książka w której głowni bohaterowie to zwykli nastolatkowie. Utalentowana Bel, która przenosi się do nowej szkoły, oraz Teo przystojny, popularny oraz nieprzeciętnie inteligetny którzy już wkrótce maja połączyć siły w klubie robotyki.
Pomimo tego ze jest dużo o technice, fizyce czy nauce, to bardzo płynnie się ją czyta, język idealny dla młodzieży, a fabuła wciąga natychmiast !
Ten tytuł to pełna rywalizacji, ale jak i współpracy książka, która również porusza niełatwe tematy takie jak dalsze wybory nastolatków, decydujące o ich przyszłości. Historia pełna dobrego humoru. Jestem nią totalnie zauroczona!
Pomimo tego ze jest dużo o technice, fizyce czy nauce, to bardzo płynnie się ją czyta, język idealny dla młodzieży, a fabuła wciąga natychmiast !
Ten tytuł to pełna rywalizacji, ale jak i współpracy książka, która również porusza niełatwe tematy takie jak dalsze wybory nastolatków, decydujące o ich przyszłości. Historia pełna dobrego humoru. Jestem nią totalnie zauroczona!
emotional
lighthearted
fast-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:
Yes
I really enjoyed this book. We get to see two different family dynamics where the support of the child isn’t strong but from two different economic and family set ups. We get to see discrimination of women in stem at competitions as well as at the high school. We get to see teachers involved in pushing students further than they expect that they can go and we get to to see teachers identifying some covert prejudice that they may have and learning from that mistake and changing their behaviors. I love the relationship development. I love the different path that they took to college and I love the general community that we saw throughout the book.
It shocked me how a romance book could have me rethinking my entire adolescent years. I normally don't like to read romance, but I am a sucker for a good, non-cliche nerd romance, and this book delivered it. Follmuth does a good job highlighting what it is like to be a girl who is involved in STEM activities as a teenager, and the mean girl in the book really isn't mean, especially when you put yourself in her shoes.
In Alexene Farol Follmuth’s My Mechanical Romance, high school seniors Isabel Maier and Mateo Luna discover first love and unexpected truths about themselves and balance different approaches to building battle robots designed to win at Nationals. In dual POV, this lighthearted romance explores competitive high school teen robotics with vibrant descriptions and relatable, authentic characters, drawing you in from the first scene. Follmuth creates a world populated by characters rich in individuality and diversity of interests, cultures, and ethnicities, taking her time exploring her characters’ lives and cultures with a down-to-earth, natural tone filled with warmth and familiarity. I love Fullmoth’s lively, humorous, candid dialogue and character interactions, excellent world-building, and the empowering and sincere relationships Bel shares with her BFF girlfriends. With nuance, Follmuth honestly and straightforwardly depicts the sexism, misogyny, racism, and unfairness that young girls and women of color experience in STEM education and careers. It starts in schools with how girls are treated by their teachers and classmates, beginning in students’ homes, and reinforced by society. Lastly, the robotics competitions are exciting and so much fun.
Bel fears the future, so she avoids thinking about or planning for hers. With no idea where she wants to go to college or what she wants to do afterward, Bel’s uninterested in filling out college apps or participating in extracurricular activities—she doesn’t like team sports. However, one of her teachers sees her talent for engineering and forces her to join the robotics club. At robotics tryouts, team captain Teo sees Bel’s innate potential to help the team win and encourages the team to choose her. Unfortunately, the team’s boys ignore her, and Neelam, the only other girl on the team, acts like she doesn’t like her at all.
Meanwhile, Bel and Teo get off to an antagonistic start because of differences in personality, ideas, and style conflicts. Teo is obsessed with preparing for Nationals, and Bel, not so much. Still, she comes up with helpful ideas and plans for improving the robots. And as they work together building robots, they grow closer, becoming friends with the promise of more.
Bel’s sarcasm, authenticity, free-spirited nature, sense of style, and tendency to lie at the drop of a hat make her a fascinating character. Her innate ability to make things work efficiently without necessarily having the scientific and mathematical foundations is remarkable and admirable. Along those lines, her uncertainty, lack of confidence, and inability to view her ability through the lens of science and math is something with which many readers, especially teens, can relate. Bel’s uncertainty about the future and what she wants to do with her life just yet also is relatable. Initially, she’s completely uninterested/unwilling to fully invest herself in being part of the robotics team. Still, she is drawn in by the robots and the mechanics/process of building robots despite herself.
The development/transition of Bel’s relationship with Teo from antagonistic to friends to romantic is believable and sweet. Their banter and interactions are fun to watch as they learn to work together. Their relationship is life-changing for both. Sometimes you don’t know what you’re capable of until you’re pushed out of your comfort zone and challenged. Having someone believe we can do amazing things is just what we need to encourage us to take risks. But ultimately, Bel has to believe in her own capabilities and realize she doesn’t need Mateo to be strong, capable, confident, and successful. However, it’s only one step on her road to success in STEM if she chooses to go all in and pursue it.
Having Bel in Teo’s life helps him grow as a person. For most of the novel, Teo’s not a particularly kind or noble person with whom to be in a close, intimate relationship. Instead, he’s an egomaniac, who’s superior, dismissive, controlling, and unkind to people he views as beneath him or unworthy of his time or attention—particularly Neelam and, at times, Bel. It’s unsurprising based on his relationship with his father, friends, team members, teachers, and fellow students and how they view/worship him. Having a relationship with a person like Bel, whom he respects and whose opinion matters to him on a deeper level, makes him question himself, who he is, and his perception of himself concerning the world and others’ views and treatment.
My Mechanical Romance is a sweet, engaging, enlightening, funny, rivals-to-lovers/enemies-to-lovers YA romance with a creative and compelling storyline and an inclusive, diverse cast of excellently developed, relatable characters.
Bel fears the future, so she avoids thinking about or planning for hers. With no idea where she wants to go to college or what she wants to do afterward, Bel’s uninterested in filling out college apps or participating in extracurricular activities—she doesn’t like team sports. However, one of her teachers sees her talent for engineering and forces her to join the robotics club. At robotics tryouts, team captain Teo sees Bel’s innate potential to help the team win and encourages the team to choose her. Unfortunately, the team’s boys ignore her, and Neelam, the only other girl on the team, acts like she doesn’t like her at all.
Meanwhile, Bel and Teo get off to an antagonistic start because of differences in personality, ideas, and style conflicts. Teo is obsessed with preparing for Nationals, and Bel, not so much. Still, she comes up with helpful ideas and plans for improving the robots. And as they work together building robots, they grow closer, becoming friends with the promise of more.
Bel’s sarcasm, authenticity, free-spirited nature, sense of style, and tendency to lie at the drop of a hat make her a fascinating character. Her innate ability to make things work efficiently without necessarily having the scientific and mathematical foundations is remarkable and admirable. Along those lines, her uncertainty, lack of confidence, and inability to view her ability through the lens of science and math is something with which many readers, especially teens, can relate. Bel’s uncertainty about the future and what she wants to do with her life just yet also is relatable. Initially, she’s completely uninterested/unwilling to fully invest herself in being part of the robotics team. Still, she is drawn in by the robots and the mechanics/process of building robots despite herself.
The development/transition of Bel’s relationship with Teo from antagonistic to friends to romantic is believable and sweet. Their banter and interactions are fun to watch as they learn to work together. Their relationship is life-changing for both. Sometimes you don’t know what you’re capable of until you’re pushed out of your comfort zone and challenged. Having someone believe we can do amazing things is just what we need to encourage us to take risks. But ultimately, Bel has to believe in her own capabilities and realize she doesn’t need Mateo to be strong, capable, confident, and successful. However, it’s only one step on her road to success in STEM if she chooses to go all in and pursue it.
Having Bel in Teo’s life helps him grow as a person. For most of the novel, Teo’s not a particularly kind or noble person with whom to be in a close, intimate relationship. Instead, he’s an egomaniac, who’s superior, dismissive, controlling, and unkind to people he views as beneath him or unworthy of his time or attention—particularly Neelam and, at times, Bel. It’s unsurprising based on his relationship with his father, friends, team members, teachers, and fellow students and how they view/worship him. Having a relationship with a person like Bel, whom he respects and whose opinion matters to him on a deeper level, makes him question himself, who he is, and his perception of himself concerning the world and others’ views and treatment.
My Mechanical Romance is a sweet, engaging, enlightening, funny, rivals-to-lovers/enemies-to-lovers YA romance with a creative and compelling storyline and an inclusive, diverse cast of excellently developed, relatable characters.
Amielynn Abellera and Christopher Salazar narrate Alexene Farol Follmuth’s My Mechanical Romance about high school seniors Isabel Maier and Mateo Luna discovering first love and unexpected truths about themselves while balancing differing approaches to designing/building battle robots. This lighthearted romance explores competitive high school teen robotics with vibrant descriptions and relatable, authentic characters. Fearing the future, Bel avoids thinking about or planning for it. With no idea where she wants to go to college or what she wants to do afterward, Bel is uninterested in filling out college apps or participating in extracurricular activities. However, seeing her talent for engineering, her teacher makes her join the robotics club. At robotics tryouts, team captain Teo sees Bel’s innate potential to help the team win and supports her membership. Unfortunately, the team’s boys ignore her, and Neelam, the only other girl on the team, doesn’t appear to like her either.
Meanwhile, Bel and Teo’s start is antagonistic because of personality, ideas, and style conflicts. Teo’s obsessed with preparing for Nationals, but Bel, not so much. However, working together building robots, they become friends with the promise of more.
Narrators Abellera and Salazar bring Follmuth’s engaging novel to life with lively narration that differentiates the characters by giving them distinct voices with emotional expressiveness, cadence, and pitch. Abellera’s narration perfectly captures Bel. Salazar’s narration for Teo is fine —though he initially sounds too old. The narrators appear to take different approaches to the character’s personalities. Salazar’s narration portrays Dash, Teo’s BFF, as a fellow teenage male. But from Bel’s POV in Abellera’s narration, he comes across as sweeter, more sensitive, hyper cute, and less silly.
Falmouth creates characters rich in individuality and diversity of interests, cultures, and ethnicities, taking her time exploring their lives and cultures with a down-to-earth, natural, warm, and familiar tone. I love Fullmoth’s lively, humorous, candid dialogue and character interactions, excellent world-building, and the empowering and sincere relationships Bel shares with her BFF girlfriends. With nuance, Follmuth honestly and straightforwardly depicts the sexism, misogyny, racism, and unfairness that young girls/women of color experience in STEM education/careers. It starts in schools with how teachers and classmates treat girls, which society reinforces. Lastly, the robotics competitions are exciting and so much fun.
Bel’s sarcasm, authenticity, free-spirited nature, sense of style, and tendency to lie at the drop of a hat make her a fascinating character. Her innate ability to make things work efficiently without necessarily having the scientific and mathematical foundations is remarkable and admirable. Most importantly, Bel’s uncertainty, lack of confidence, and inability to view her ability through the lens of science and math is something with which many readers, especially teens, can relate. Also relatable are Bel’s uncertainty about the future and what she wants to do with her life just yet. Initially, she’s uninterested and struggles with being part of the robotics team. Nevertheless, despite herself, she’s captivated by the robots and the mechanics/process of building robots. She develops helpful designs and strategies for building and improving their robots.
Bel and Teo’s humorous and sweet banter and interactions further the development/transition of their relationship from antagonistic to friends to romantic. And their relationship is life-changing for both. Sometimes you don’t know what you’re capable of until you’re pushed out of your comfort zone and challenged. Having someone believe we can do amazing things is just what we need to encourage us to take risks. But ultimately, Bel has to believe in her own capabilities and realize she doesn’t need Mateo to be strong, capable, confident, and successful. However, it’s only one step on her road to success in STEM if she chooses to go all in and pursue it.
Bel helps Teo—neither particularly kind nor noble—grow as a person. For much of the novel, he’s superior, dismissive, controlling, and unkind to people he views as beneath him or unworthy of his time or attention—particularly Neelam and, at times, Bel. But being with Bel, whom he respects and whose opinion matters to him on a deeper level, makes him question himself, who he is, and his perception of himself concerning the world and others’ views and treatment.
A sweet, engaging, enlightening, funny, rivals-to-lovers/enemies-to-lovers YA romance, My Mechanical Romance is an entertaining audio listen with a creative and compelling storyline and an inclusive, diverse cast of excellently developed, relatable characters.
Meanwhile, Bel and Teo’s start is antagonistic because of personality, ideas, and style conflicts. Teo’s obsessed with preparing for Nationals, but Bel, not so much. However, working together building robots, they become friends with the promise of more.
Narrators Abellera and Salazar bring Follmuth’s engaging novel to life with lively narration that differentiates the characters by giving them distinct voices with emotional expressiveness, cadence, and pitch. Abellera’s narration perfectly captures Bel. Salazar’s narration for Teo is fine —though he initially sounds too old. The narrators appear to take different approaches to the character’s personalities. Salazar’s narration portrays Dash, Teo’s BFF, as a fellow teenage male. But from Bel’s POV in Abellera’s narration, he comes across as sweeter, more sensitive, hyper cute, and less silly.
Falmouth creates characters rich in individuality and diversity of interests, cultures, and ethnicities, taking her time exploring their lives and cultures with a down-to-earth, natural, warm, and familiar tone. I love Fullmoth’s lively, humorous, candid dialogue and character interactions, excellent world-building, and the empowering and sincere relationships Bel shares with her BFF girlfriends. With nuance, Follmuth honestly and straightforwardly depicts the sexism, misogyny, racism, and unfairness that young girls/women of color experience in STEM education/careers. It starts in schools with how teachers and classmates treat girls, which society reinforces. Lastly, the robotics competitions are exciting and so much fun.
Bel’s sarcasm, authenticity, free-spirited nature, sense of style, and tendency to lie at the drop of a hat make her a fascinating character. Her innate ability to make things work efficiently without necessarily having the scientific and mathematical foundations is remarkable and admirable. Most importantly, Bel’s uncertainty, lack of confidence, and inability to view her ability through the lens of science and math is something with which many readers, especially teens, can relate. Also relatable are Bel’s uncertainty about the future and what she wants to do with her life just yet. Initially, she’s uninterested and struggles with being part of the robotics team. Nevertheless, despite herself, she’s captivated by the robots and the mechanics/process of building robots. She develops helpful designs and strategies for building and improving their robots.
Bel and Teo’s humorous and sweet banter and interactions further the development/transition of their relationship from antagonistic to friends to romantic. And their relationship is life-changing for both. Sometimes you don’t know what you’re capable of until you’re pushed out of your comfort zone and challenged. Having someone believe we can do amazing things is just what we need to encourage us to take risks. But ultimately, Bel has to believe in her own capabilities and realize she doesn’t need Mateo to be strong, capable, confident, and successful. However, it’s only one step on her road to success in STEM if she chooses to go all in and pursue it.
Bel helps Teo—neither particularly kind nor noble—grow as a person. For much of the novel, he’s superior, dismissive, controlling, and unkind to people he views as beneath him or unworthy of his time or attention—particularly Neelam and, at times, Bel. But being with Bel, whom he respects and whose opinion matters to him on a deeper level, makes him question himself, who he is, and his perception of himself concerning the world and others’ views and treatment.
A sweet, engaging, enlightening, funny, rivals-to-lovers/enemies-to-lovers YA romance, My Mechanical Romance is an entertaining audio listen with a creative and compelling storyline and an inclusive, diverse cast of excellently developed, relatable characters.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes