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logolepsy_e's review against another edition
2.0
Noioso, banale, superficiale e piatto.
Nonostante il grande successo riscosso da questo romanzo e le ottime recensioni che avevo letto, questo libro mi ha piuttosto delusa.
Non è che sia proprio brutto o illegibile, anzi, è anche piuttosto scorrevole e si fa leggere in fretta.
Peccato che sia così noioso e piatto. Per tutto il racconto sembra non accadere proprio un bel niente.
I due protagonisti in realtà sono personaggi molto interessanti, che andrebbero però sviluppati meglio. Nel libro sono troppo statici, bidimensionali, piatti e non reagiscono mai a nulla. I loro comportamenti sono davvero snervanti e mi hanno fatta più volte innervosire.
La storia non porta da nessuna parte e alla fine lascia l'amaro in bocca.
Giordano, inoltre, tratta due tematiche di estrema importanza e lo fa male. Anoressia e autolesionismo restano, relativamente, le caratteristiche principali di Alice e Mattia, ma se ne parla pochissimo e in modo sbrigativo e superficiale.
Insomma, un libro deludente.
Nonostante il grande successo riscosso da questo romanzo e le ottime recensioni che avevo letto, questo libro mi ha piuttosto delusa.
Non è che sia proprio brutto o illegibile, anzi, è anche piuttosto scorrevole e si fa leggere in fretta.
Peccato che sia così noioso e piatto. Per tutto il racconto sembra non accadere proprio un bel niente.
I due protagonisti in realtà sono personaggi molto interessanti, che andrebbero però sviluppati meglio. Nel libro sono troppo statici, bidimensionali, piatti e non reagiscono mai a nulla. I loro comportamenti sono davvero snervanti e mi hanno fatta più volte innervosire.
La storia non porta da nessuna parte e alla fine lascia l'amaro in bocca.
Giordano, inoltre, tratta due tematiche di estrema importanza e lo fa male. Anoressia e autolesionismo restano, relativamente, le caratteristiche principali di Alice e Mattia, ma se ne parla pochissimo e in modo sbrigativo e superficiale.
Insomma, un libro deludente.
raconteurs's review against another edition
2.0
Die Idee des Buches gefiel mir, allerdings kamen mir die Charaktere deutlich zu klischeehaft rüber. Die magersüchtige die von ihren Klassenkameradinnen gemobbt wird, der einsame Mathenerd mit der zerrütten Familie und natürlich die machtlosen Eltern die ihre Kinder nicht verstehen und alles falsch machen was man so falsch machen kann. Schon ziemlich oft gelesen und der Schreibstil ist mir eindeutig zu kitschig. Liest sich zwar schnell, ist aber auch genauso schnell wieder aus dem Gedächtnis verschwunden.
ultimatekate's review against another edition
3.0
This was a very quick read, and I thought very well-written. I liked the descriptions of the characters, their mannerisms, and their surroundings.
I just wasn't in love with the characters. I didn't feel any real connection to them and didn't understand why they acted the way they did. I mean, I know awkward people exist, but come on.
I just wasn't in love with the characters. I didn't feel any real connection to them and didn't understand why they acted the way they did. I mean, I know awkward people exist, but come on.
lissi_k's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Prinzahlen können nie direkt aufeinander folgen, sie sind immer nur fast beieinander. Das gleiche gilt für die beiden Hauptfiguren. Die Beziehung der beiden zueinander ist wunderschön und poetisch beschrieben, aber irgendwann werden die Gründe, weshalb sie einander fernbleiben, unglaubwürdig.
sunnyyt's review against another edition
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.25
valentina_05's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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? No
5.0
anoniempje_____123's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
book_concierge's review against another edition
4.0
Audio book performed by Luke Daniels
From chapter 21: Mattia had learned that, among prime numbers, there are some that are even more special. Mathematicians call them twin primes: pairs of prime numbers that are close to each other, almost neighbors, but between them there is always an even number that prevents them from truly touching. Numbers like 11 and 13, like 17 and 19, 41 and 43. If you have the patience to go on counting, you discover that these pairs gradually become rarer. You encounter increasingly isolated primes lost in that silent, measured space made only of ciphers, and you develop a distressing presentiment that the pairs encountered up until that point were accidental, that solitude is the true destiny. Then, just when you’re about to surrender, when you no longer have the desire to go on counting, you come across another pair of twins, clutching each other tightly.”
Alice Della Rocca and Mattia Balossino are the solitary primes of this beautifully written novel. The story begins in 1983 with Alice, forced to take ski lessons by her attorney father. The narrative skips to 1984 and twins Mattia and Michaela; Mattia is always charged with “look after your sister,” because Michaela is clearly not able to look after herself. These two chapters provide key incidents that lead to Alice and Mattia’s increasing solitude. But they will meet in high school and like rare twin primes they will cling to one another, though never quite touching.
Giordano writes with such elegance about the landscape of loneliness, the need for love and acceptance. This is an intimate study of the psychology of two damaged characters. Both Mattia and Alice lack the strength to truly connect to someone else, yet have the strength to live alone and isolated. Their steps toward one another are halting and even excruciatingly difficult, making the reader almost as anxious as the characters. Like real life, the ending is ambiguous, but oh, how I want to know what happens to these two people.
Luke Daniels does a wonderful job narrating the audio version. His nuanced performance is both gentle and harsh, quiet and panicked, tender and mean.
From chapter 21: Mattia had learned that, among prime numbers, there are some that are even more special. Mathematicians call them twin primes: pairs of prime numbers that are close to each other, almost neighbors, but between them there is always an even number that prevents them from truly touching. Numbers like 11 and 13, like 17 and 19, 41 and 43. If you have the patience to go on counting, you discover that these pairs gradually become rarer. You encounter increasingly isolated primes lost in that silent, measured space made only of ciphers, and you develop a distressing presentiment that the pairs encountered up until that point were accidental, that solitude is the true destiny. Then, just when you’re about to surrender, when you no longer have the desire to go on counting, you come across another pair of twins, clutching each other tightly.”
Alice Della Rocca and Mattia Balossino are the solitary primes of this beautifully written novel. The story begins in 1983 with Alice, forced to take ski lessons by her attorney father. The narrative skips to 1984 and twins Mattia and Michaela; Mattia is always charged with “look after your sister,” because Michaela is clearly not able to look after herself. These two chapters provide key incidents that lead to Alice and Mattia’s increasing solitude. But they will meet in high school and like rare twin primes they will cling to one another, though never quite touching.
Giordano writes with such elegance about the landscape of loneliness, the need for love and acceptance. This is an intimate study of the psychology of two damaged characters. Both Mattia and Alice lack the strength to truly connect to someone else, yet have the strength to live alone and isolated. Their steps toward one another are halting and even excruciatingly difficult, making the reader almost as anxious as the characters. Like real life, the ending is ambiguous, but oh, how I want to know what happens to these two people.
Luke Daniels does a wonderful job narrating the audio version. His nuanced performance is both gentle and harsh, quiet and panicked, tender and mean.