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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
Popsugar challenge #1 - A book based on a fairy tale
Something witty bookclub
This one is a stretch on popsugar category... but we called it the Mexican Mulan. So I think it works, and I make the rules on my own challenge (although I said if there had been a category for a book you ended up hating, this would be it).
I was really nervous about going to book club after reading this one, because I hated it, and for a pretty personal reason to me, so I knew that talking about it would be tough. And it was, since just about everyone else liked it, but I hope they understood my point of view. Having done mission in central america I have listened to stories very similar to this one from a real person and each story no matter how many you have heard is devastating and passionate. This book felt in-genune to me, it felt numb and it made my heart hurt. By the end of the book I just felt angry that the story wasn't told the way people I have grown to love would have told it in my experience the people of central america are extremely passionate, they overflow with joy and sadness and gratitude and injustice, the emotions just pour out of them, I would have liked to see that in this book. However, I gave it two stars because I get it, we as United States Americans are the target market, and the numbness the story is told from portrays that in this culture this is not abnormal, this is not weird its part of life, and if that resignates with people I should be happy that its a conversation happening, even if its not what I've experienced.
Something witty bookclub
This one is a stretch on popsugar category... but we called it the Mexican Mulan. So I think it works, and I make the rules on my own challenge (although I said if there had been a category for a book you ended up hating, this would be it).
I was really nervous about going to book club after reading this one, because I hated it, and for a pretty personal reason to me, so I knew that talking about it would be tough. And it was, since just about everyone else liked it, but I hope they understood my point of view. Having done mission in central america I have listened to stories very similar to this one from a real person and each story no matter how many you have heard is devastating and passionate. This book felt in-genune to me, it felt numb and it made my heart hurt. By the end of the book I just felt angry that the story wasn't told the way people I have grown to love would have told it in my experience the people of central america are extremely passionate, they overflow with joy and sadness and gratitude and injustice, the emotions just pour out of them, I would have liked to see that in this book. However, I gave it two stars because I get it, we as United States Americans are the target market, and the numbness the story is told from portrays that in this culture this is not abnormal, this is not weird its part of life, and if that resignates with people I should be happy that its a conversation happening, even if its not what I've experienced.
Esta segunda vez que lo leí, sentí forzada la tercera parte. Aún así creo que es un muy buen libro para ver todas esas consecuencias que tiene el narcotráfico y lo mucho que afecta y cambia las vidas de personas que no están metidas en eso.
اینا رو می‌خونم و به خودم می‌گم، "لعنتی، چه‌طور جرئت می‌کنی از زندگی‌ت شکایت کنی؟"
_دنیا جای دیوونه و بی‌سروته و مزخرفیه که توش یه آدم غرق‌شده می‌تونه روی زمین سفت راه بره. می‌دونم من هم مثل بقیه آدم‌های فراری تو جوونی می‌میرم، اصلا فکر پیر شدن رو نمی‌کنم، تو تصورم همچین چیزی نیست.
_لیدی‌دی، تو عاشق یه مرد غرق‌شده هستی. شاهزاده لیدی‌دی، وقتی من رو می‌بوسی مزه‌ی آب رودخونه رو حس نمی‌کنی؟
_دنیا جای دیوونه و بی‌سروته و مزخرفیه که توش یه آدم غرق‌شده می‌تونه روی زمین سفت راه بره. می‌دونم من هم مثل بقیه آدم‌های فراری تو جوونی می‌میرم، اصلا فکر پیر شدن رو نمی‌کنم، تو تصورم همچین چیزی نیست.
_لیدی‌دی، تو عاشق یه مرد غرق‌شده هستی. شاهزاده لیدی‌دی، وقتی من رو می‌بوسی مزه‌ی آب رودخونه رو حس نمی‌کنی؟
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy
*داستان‌های دردناکی که باید خواند*
"هیچوقت برای عشق و سلامتی یا پول دعا نکن، اگه خدا بفهمه چی میخوای اونو بهت نمیده، تضمین میکنم."
اما بنظرم تو دعا کن. برای دخترایی که ربوده شدن دعا کن. وقتی که توی سوراخ قایم میشی، برای پیدا نشدن دعا کن. برای اینکه معلم و پزشک به روستا بیاد دعا کن. برای اینکه تلفن آنتن بده دعا کن. وقتی هلیکوپترها از بالای سرت رد میشن، دعا کن سَم روی سرت نریزن. دعا کن پدرت پول بفرسته. دعا کن دختر زیبایی نشی. دعا کن دختر نشی.
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فیلمش* رو هم بعد خوندن کتاب دیدم. هم فیلم و هم کتاب خیلی خوب بودن، شخصیت‌های واقعی و باورپذیر و روایت عجیب، خیره‌کننده و دردناک.
* Prayers for the Stolen
2021 ‧ Drama/Narrative ‧
"هیچوقت برای عشق و سلامتی یا پول دعا نکن، اگه خدا بفهمه چی میخوای اونو بهت نمیده، تضمین میکنم."
اما بنظرم تو دعا کن. برای دخترایی که ربوده شدن دعا کن. وقتی که توی سوراخ قایم میشی، برای پیدا نشدن دعا کن. برای اینکه معلم و پزشک به روستا بیاد دعا کن. برای اینکه تلفن آنتن بده دعا کن. وقتی هلیکوپترها از بالای سرت رد میشن، دعا کن سَم روی سرت نریزن. دعا کن پدرت پول بفرسته. دعا کن دختر زیبایی نشی. دعا کن دختر نشی.
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فیلمش* رو هم بعد خوندن کتاب دیدم. هم فیلم و هم کتاب خیلی خوب بودن، شخصیت‌های واقعی و باورپذیر و روایت عجیب، خیره‌کننده و دردناک.
* Prayers for the Stolen
2021 ‧ Drama/Narrative ‧
This book was almost otherworldly, like a dark fairytale. I loved the relationships among all the women, their love and layered interactions with each other were so interesting. Definitely a beautifully written story, worth the read. I highly recommend.
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Heart-breaking, harsh, beautiful. Fiction that feels ripped from the headlines. Brutal climate combined with inhumanity leave the women and girls of a rural mountain in Guerrero struggling to survive, beset with abandonment by their men (murder or escape to US), being preyed on by cartels, being dumped on by herbicide. Yet somehow many survive. Ladydi related several years of her life in an episodic fashion. CW for all sorts of distress.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
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:
No
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