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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
Buena trama. Malos personajes.
Un cuaderno rojo es abandonado en una librería, dentro están escritos una serie de retos para quien lo encuentre. Así comienza el intercambio de retos entre Dash y Lily. Una historia con mucho potencial, pero que los autores no supieron aprovechar.
Los personajes son... lo peor. Demasiado forzados. Demasiado pretenciosos.
Dash no deja de recordarnos lo "inteligente" que es, lo mucho que lee, la gran cantidad de palabras que sabe, lo superior que es al resto de la raza adolescente. Hasta el punto de dejar de ser interesante para comenzar a ser ABURRIDO. Cada vez que venía un capitulo desde el punto de vista de Dash tenía que forzarme a seguir leyendo.
Y Lily, bueno, una Mary Sue más. Buena hasta el punto de angelical. Infantil hasta el punto de parecer de 3 años mas que de 16. Estoy casi convencida de que Lily tiene algún tipo de retraso mental, NADIE es así es a los 16 años. Y sobretodo, nadie es así a los 16 años, VIVIENDO en Nueva York. Simplemente, no es creíble.
Hay historias que funcionan mejor en películas que en libros, y creo que esta es una de esas. Así que espero la adaptación, que ya fue anunciada.
Un cuaderno rojo es abandonado en una librería, dentro están escritos una serie de retos para quien lo encuentre. Así comienza el intercambio de retos entre Dash y Lily. Una historia con mucho potencial, pero que los autores no supieron aprovechar.
Los personajes son... lo peor. Demasiado forzados. Demasiado pretenciosos.
Dash no deja de recordarnos lo "inteligente" que es, lo mucho que lee, la gran cantidad de palabras que sabe, lo superior que es al resto de la raza adolescente. Hasta el punto de dejar de ser interesante para comenzar a ser ABURRIDO. Cada vez que venía un capitulo desde el punto de vista de Dash tenía que forzarme a seguir leyendo.
Y Lily, bueno, una Mary Sue más. Buena hasta el punto de angelical. Infantil hasta el punto de parecer de 3 años mas que de 16. Estoy casi convencida de que Lily tiene algún tipo de retraso mental, NADIE es así es a los 16 años. Y sobretodo, nadie es así a los 16 años, VIVIENDO en Nueva York. Simplemente, no es creíble.
Hay historias que funcionan mejor en películas que en libros, y creo que esta es una de esas. Así que espero la adaptación, que ya fue anunciada.
Oh Dash. Oh Lily. God, I love you both.
Summary: It's like PostSecret on crack.
Let me start by saying that I was searching for books on my beloved NYC, and found this one on a list. Having loved the movie version of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, I thought I would give it a try. So glad that I did. It was like walking the streets of midtown, LES and Washington Square with two super cool kids who are just off the track of normal.
A lot of the action takes place in the Strand, truly one of the coolest bookstores in which I've ever had the pleasure of loitering.
Lily is so young, but has an old soul quality to her. I love the ties to her family that are so traditional, and that Lily bear is at the age where she is trying to find her footing in the world. Dash, a slightly damaged young guy finds a red moleskine stuffed into the shelves at Strand. Lily, the original author of the moleskine, leaves clues for him to follow in order to get to the next bit of info. Not realizing the extent (and relationships)of on-the-ground spies, Dash goes about solving the clues and then leaves the notebook in return, with his own set of dares. The back-and-forth of their courtship feels organic and wonderful. Given the number of YA books that include lurid scenes of heightened sexuality, the brain work of getting to know someone, sight unseen, is staggeringly refreshing.
I can't say enough about my favorite dog walking majorette and snarly child snowball attacker. Just read it.
Summary: It's like PostSecret on crack.
Let me start by saying that I was searching for books on my beloved NYC, and found this one on a list. Having loved the movie version of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, I thought I would give it a try. So glad that I did. It was like walking the streets of midtown, LES and Washington Square with two super cool kids who are just off the track of normal.
A lot of the action takes place in the Strand, truly one of the coolest bookstores in which I've ever had the pleasure of loitering.
Lily is so young, but has an old soul quality to her. I love the ties to her family that are so traditional, and that Lily bear is at the age where she is trying to find her footing in the world. Dash, a slightly damaged young guy finds a red moleskine stuffed into the shelves at Strand. Lily, the original author of the moleskine, leaves clues for him to follow in order to get to the next bit of info. Not realizing the extent (and relationships)of on-the-ground spies, Dash goes about solving the clues and then leaves the notebook in return, with his own set of dares. The back-and-forth of their courtship feels organic and wonderful. Given the number of YA books that include lurid scenes of heightened sexuality, the brain work of getting to know someone, sight unseen, is staggeringly refreshing.
I can't say enough about my favorite dog walking majorette and snarly child snowball attacker. Just read it.
Cute...... charming...... adorable........ FUN!!!
When self-professed nerdy-girl Lily concedes to her brother and allows him to formulate a red notebook full of challenges in her favorite bookstore, Lily has no idea what to expect. But, if she can have a little fun and maybe begin a riddled dialogue with a bookish boy around her age, what's the hard, right?
So when bookish-boy Dash uncovers the little red notebook in the J.D. Salinger section of his favorite store, he is more than a little intrigued. The book warns that if the reader is not ready for a journey of clues, he should simply place the book back on the shelf and walk away as if nothing has happened. Dash keeps the notebook, knowing that he can never walk away from a challenge this exciting.
In alternating chapters, Dash and Lily create witty challenges for one another, all through the circulation of their little red notebook, which jumps from bookstores to the Santa-Claus line at Macy's on Christmas eve to a crowded nightclub on Christmas day -- and beyond. As the two formulate mental pictures of one another, they wonder if it's best to keep things restricted to their little game of perfect expectations -- or should Dash and Lily dare to actually seek interaction beyond the little red notebook and meet up face to face?
I really enjoyed DASH AND LILY'S BOOK OF DARES but I expected no less from this fabulous author duo. The story was spunky and fun and the pace was exciting enough to keep me flipping ahead for me, even at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning.
While I've never met teens that speak in this JohnGreen-esque manner of sarcasm and intelligence, it definitely translates well in writing, making the characters feel relateable even if they're not entirely realistic. While the romance aspect is inevitable, it's really not the centerfold of the story, allowing us non-mushy-gushy fans to get caught up in the action without that ever-present YA-romance eye-roll stage.
If you're a fan of YA literature, delightfully fun journeys of self-discovery, or crazy literary escapades involving well-spoken teens, definitely give DASH AND LILY'S BOOK OF DARES a shot.
You won't be disappointed.
When self-professed nerdy-girl Lily concedes to her brother and allows him to formulate a red notebook full of challenges in her favorite bookstore, Lily has no idea what to expect. But, if she can have a little fun and maybe begin a riddled dialogue with a bookish boy around her age, what's the hard, right?
So when bookish-boy Dash uncovers the little red notebook in the J.D. Salinger section of his favorite store, he is more than a little intrigued. The book warns that if the reader is not ready for a journey of clues, he should simply place the book back on the shelf and walk away as if nothing has happened. Dash keeps the notebook, knowing that he can never walk away from a challenge this exciting.
In alternating chapters, Dash and Lily create witty challenges for one another, all through the circulation of their little red notebook, which jumps from bookstores to the Santa-Claus line at Macy's on Christmas eve to a crowded nightclub on Christmas day -- and beyond. As the two formulate mental pictures of one another, they wonder if it's best to keep things restricted to their little game of perfect expectations -- or should Dash and Lily dare to actually seek interaction beyond the little red notebook and meet up face to face?
I really enjoyed DASH AND LILY'S BOOK OF DARES but I expected no less from this fabulous author duo. The story was spunky and fun and the pace was exciting enough to keep me flipping ahead for me, even at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning.
While I've never met teens that speak in this JohnGreen-esque manner of sarcasm and intelligence, it definitely translates well in writing, making the characters feel relateable even if they're not entirely realistic. While the romance aspect is inevitable, it's really not the centerfold of the story, allowing us non-mushy-gushy fans to get caught up in the action without that ever-present YA-romance eye-roll stage.
If you're a fan of YA literature, delightfully fun journeys of self-discovery, or crazy literary escapades involving well-spoken teens, definitely give DASH AND LILY'S BOOK OF DARES a shot.
You won't be disappointed.
Cute. Quick. A bit over-written. (Reminded me of The Fault in our Stars in the sense that teenagers don't really talk this way.) A nice Christmas-y story set in New York. A bit like a teenaged version of Serendipity?
I like the question that started it all: "Are you going to be playing for the pure thrill of unreluctant desire?" (p. 13)
"I went into my mother's room and read some of the pages she'd dog-eared--she always did that when she read a sentence that she liked, and each time I opened the book, I had to try to figure out which sentence was the one that had impressed itself upon her." (p. 90)
"'Do you love her?'
I shook my head. 'I can't love her. She lives in Spain.'
Lily laughed. 'I guess you get points for truthfulness.'
'No, really,' I said. 'I think she's great. And I honestly like her about twenty times more now than I did when we were dating. But love needs to have a future. And Sofia and I don't have a future. We've just had a good time sharing the present, that's all.'" (p. 220)
I like the question that started it all: "Are you going to be playing for the pure thrill of unreluctant desire?" (p. 13)
"I went into my mother's room and read some of the pages she'd dog-eared--she always did that when she read a sentence that she liked, and each time I opened the book, I had to try to figure out which sentence was the one that had impressed itself upon her." (p. 90)
"'Do you love her?'
I shook my head. 'I can't love her. She lives in Spain.'
Lily laughed. 'I guess you get points for truthfulness.'
'No, really,' I said. 'I think she's great. And I honestly like her about twenty times more now than I did when we were dating. But love needs to have a future. And Sofia and I don't have a future. We've just had a good time sharing the present, that's all.'" (p. 220)
It was cute. Didn't realize this was a YA book until I started. I need to stick to fantasy for YA books from now on.
The first time I liked the film better than the book
cute book. read so that I could watch the netflix show. Found it an amusing quick read.
I read this in an attempt to prolong my high from watching the miniseries (which, although somewhat teeth-grindingly twee, I ultimately found to be lovable, largely thanks to the lead actress's charm) and also because the Cyrano/Shop Around the Corner faceless-pen-pal trope has been dear to me ever since I was a bookish kid. (Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if this trope were beloved of all writerly types!)
Absolutely lovely. Dashing. Hilarious. Romantic. The book that captures December magic and young love perfectly.