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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
lighthearted
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.5
Había huido de este libro durante mucho tiempo porque sentía que me la iba a pasar enojada por estar viendo un 12 corazones de la realeza y además machista, pero resulta que me la pase muy bien escuchando el audiolibro de esta historia, tanto que la doña que dijo que "no le gustaban tanto las sagas" ya está picada con el segundo libro.
En la Selección conocemos a un grupo de chicas que desea competir por la corona y por el corazón del príncipe Maxon, eso si lo vemos desde la superficie, pero la realidad es que muchas de ellas también están ahí buscando mejores oportunidades sociales y económicas para sus familias.
Entre ellas, se encuentra América, una joven que no deseaba entrar al concurso por una simple y sencilla razón: está enamorada de otro hombre, mismo que no puede tener por sus circunstancias de casta.
El mundo de Kiera Cass que nos presenta en La Selección es un mundo distópico que nos trae cosas de la realidad de otras culturas del mundo a una historia adaptada en la que se envían cartas, pero también tienen teléfonos móviles (lo que por cierto me causo confusión de en qué año se lleva a cabo la historia), creo que para ser el primer libro está bien desarrollado, nos dice lo que nos tiene que decir.
La autora sabe cómo dejarnos con la boca abierta y con dudas que van más allá de la misma competencia entre las chicas y entre todo lo que está sintiendo o dejando de sentir América, sino que nos preguntamos ¿qué sucede con los rebeldes?, ¿qué buscan? y ¿cuál es la mejor solución? Preguntas que también se plantea nuestra protagonista.
A pesar de tener un concepto machista, en ningún momento se siente cómo si la historia no se diera sus libertades creativas y de pensamiento, todo lo contrarío, terminamos viendo en más de una ocasión la astucia feminista de las chicas.
Por otro lado, debo añadir que después de mucho tiempo vuelvo a tener un crush literario y no podía ser nada más y nada menos que Maxon.
Ya quiero conocer más de está adictiva historia.
Había huido de este libro durante mucho tiempo porque sentía que me la iba a pasar enojada por estar viendo un 12 corazones de la realeza y además machista, pero resulta que me la pase muy bien escuchando el audiolibro de esta historia, tanto que la doña que dijo que "no le gustaban tanto las sagas" ya está picada con el segundo libro.
En la Selección conocemos a un grupo de chicas que desea competir por la corona y por el corazón del príncipe Maxon, eso si lo vemos desde la superficie, pero la realidad es que muchas de ellas también están ahí buscando mejores oportunidades sociales y económicas para sus familias.
Entre ellas, se encuentra América, una joven que no deseaba entrar al concurso por una simple y sencilla razón: está enamorada de otro hombre, mismo que no puede tener por sus circunstancias de casta.
El mundo de Kiera Cass que nos presenta en La Selección es un mundo distópico que nos trae cosas de la realidad de otras culturas del mundo a una historia adaptada en la que se envían cartas, pero también tienen teléfonos móviles (lo que por cierto me causo confusión de en qué año se lleva a cabo la historia), creo que para ser el primer libro está bien desarrollado, nos dice lo que nos tiene que decir.
La autora sabe cómo dejarnos con la boca abierta y con dudas que van más allá de la misma competencia entre las chicas y entre todo lo que está sintiendo o dejando de sentir América, sino que nos preguntamos ¿qué sucede con los rebeldes?, ¿qué buscan? y ¿cuál es la mejor solución? Preguntas que también se plantea nuestra protagonista.
A pesar de tener un concepto machista, en ningún momento se siente cómo si la historia no se diera sus libertades creativas y de pensamiento, todo lo contrarío, terminamos viendo en más de una ocasión la astucia feminista de las chicas.
Por otro lado, debo añadir que después de mucho tiempo vuelvo a tener un crush literario y no podía ser nada más y nada menos que Maxon.
Ya quiero conocer más de está adictiva historia.
emotional
hopeful
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Edit:// (December 20, 2012) I'm starting to get a bit anxious for the sequel. I can't wait!
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Okay. I was hesitant to read this book because of how many low stars I got, but they must just have something wrong with them if they gave this book one star, because it was SO GOOD. I read a lot of Young Adult, but sometimes I just read it because I'm really busy and don't want anything that I need to put a lot of time and effort into understanding. I never really feel like Young Adult has very good characters, and I don't usually feel like it comes to a good ending. It just like of.... ends without even knowing what really happened. But this book... WAS SO GOOD.
For one thing, the story line is awesome. I love dystopian books, and anything that has to do with princesses, I love. The whole idea of a group of girls trying to win a prince's heart in a competition is SO COOL. I use to love all of those dating shows on MTV like Bret Michaels' and Tila Tequila. Hahaha. And the fact that it's a series is even more awesome because you're gonna have to keep waiting to see who is gonna win. Also, I love that there is a love triangle. Some people hate the love triangles in books. I love them! I love getting to choose 'Team blah blah' or 'Team blah blah', and switching back and forth between the different books in the series. The author is a fantastic writer. I'm surprised this is her first book! It's so easy to understand, and it's just well written.
Nothing annoyed me TOO much. But some things that I didn't like as much were how many characters there were. I know it's inevitable with a competition of 35 girls, but there names were so extravagent (sp?) that I couldn't even keep anybody straight. You couldn't be like "OH, the girl with the extravagent name" BECAUSE THEY ALL WERE. Examples: Amberly, Emmica, Tiny, Marlee, America, Aspen, Maxon. Yes, they're gorgeous names. And if I were to write a book, I would use beautiful names like those. but because they were all named those, I couldn't keep ANYBODY straight during the first half of the book. There's about a billion characters from the family of America, and the maids, and the royalty, and all the girls in the competition. But it was easily caught on to. ALSO, I did like America, but some of the stuff she did slightly annoyed me.
I never usually give young adult books five stars. But I LOVED THIS. I stayed up late just to finish it, and you best believe I will be buying the second one the day it comes out. SO fantastic. And the author is adorable; she's so pretty!
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Okay. I was hesitant to read this book because of how many low stars I got, but they must just have something wrong with them if they gave this book one star, because it was SO GOOD. I read a lot of Young Adult, but sometimes I just read it because I'm really busy and don't want anything that I need to put a lot of time and effort into understanding. I never really feel like Young Adult has very good characters, and I don't usually feel like it comes to a good ending. It just like of.... ends without even knowing what really happened. But this book... WAS SO GOOD.
For one thing, the story line is awesome. I love dystopian books, and anything that has to do with princesses, I love. The whole idea of a group of girls trying to win a prince's heart in a competition is SO COOL. I use to love all of those dating shows on MTV like Bret Michaels' and Tila Tequila. Hahaha. And the fact that it's a series is even more awesome because you're gonna have to keep waiting to see who is gonna win. Also, I love that there is a love triangle. Some people hate the love triangles in books. I love them! I love getting to choose 'Team blah blah' or 'Team blah blah', and switching back and forth between the different books in the series. The author is a fantastic writer. I'm surprised this is her first book! It's so easy to understand, and it's just well written.
Nothing annoyed me TOO much. But some things that I didn't like as much were how many characters there were. I know it's inevitable with a competition of 35 girls, but there names were so extravagent (sp?) that I couldn't even keep anybody straight. You couldn't be like "OH, the girl with the extravagent name" BECAUSE THEY ALL WERE. Examples: Amberly, Emmica, Tiny, Marlee, America, Aspen, Maxon. Yes, they're gorgeous names. And if I were to write a book, I would use beautiful names like those. but because they were all named those, I couldn't keep ANYBODY straight during the first half of the book. There's about a billion characters from the family of America, and the maids, and the royalty, and all the girls in the competition. But it was easily caught on to. ALSO, I did like America, but some of the stuff she did slightly annoyed me.
Spoiler
Like the way she treated Maxon, even though he was nothing but kind to her. I know she didn't want to be there, but still. She's SO lucky.I never usually give young adult books five stars. But I LOVED THIS. I stayed up late just to finish it, and you best believe I will be buying the second one the day it comes out. SO fantastic. And the author is adorable; she's so pretty!