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3.6 AVERAGE
"The more time I spent with her, the more immune I became to the hot mess that she looked. Not even a hot mess, which implied some kind of hotness, just a mess."
That phrase totally works for both, Jeane and this book.
Jeane is adorkable. What is that? Well....It's being weird + being really strong minded/revolutionary + being feminist + internet addict + puppies (WTF? I love puppies so OK!).
She dress in the most oddly ways to accent her uniqueness and it's completly uncapable of keeping her mouth shut about "stuff that really matters".
And Jeane gets oddly involved with a boy who is everything but adorkable: beautiful and liked by everyone, Michael Lee.
So...If you get to liking Jeane, despite her
The highlight of this book is the empowerment of dorkiness. It's always interesting to see how authors manage themselves to reflect the reality of how internet is changing us. Awkwardness has skyrocketed its populatity online, and I want to think that that makes it more acceptable offline. And that's cool! I expended most of my teen years trying to fit in and be normal, but teenagers this days are embracing their dorkyness/awkwardness/being-differentness.
This book can give you ,young adult, a wonderful message about how it's OK to be different (which isn't that obvious to everyone) and that in today world you're never alone.
“Dorkdom isn't something you can choose. It's something you are. But instead of dividing the world up into dorkside and darkside, I've realised that we all have a little bit of dork inside us.”
I know I would definitely join this dorkhood!
This was a really good book, and I gotta say even though i'm not on twitter I could really get how so much time spent connecting with others over the internet could become important and self defining, and yet leave you feeling lost and lonely when least expected. I'm also some kind of a weirdo myself, with a style that doesn't fit in ... I was alone with it when I was a teenager, and I'm alone with it now that I'm turning 30... It's now a less maginalized style with teenagers but people keep asking me when I'll start to style up like the adult I am ...
The story in it was good, and the realtionship didn't really feel like insta-lust to me. It felt like a surprising chemistry that evolved naturally to something else. It's a story about a girl who owns her difference so much that she builds wall ... She is sure she is alone because she's different but doesn't give anybody the chance to prove her she could be liked this way. This is also a story about parental neglect a bit, and how being in survival mode where you are a teenager can fuck you up. But the dual POV gives you more, because you also get the guy who really wants to fit in, and to please others, to be the good, dependable guy. And how sometimes that is it's own prison too.
I really enjoyed that we got to read about how sometimes you like a person that doesn't fit your attractiveness criterias, or that is so different from you that it sometimes is scary. Or that you end up mesmerized when you realise that you truly find them beautiful once you like them and their personnality and quirks seems to shine on their face. But I though it could have gone a little deeper there.
I was a bit dispointed by the end, which is why this book doesn't get a 5 stars. It was wrapped up way too fast. The final realisation and growing up on both sides deserved more time and depth that they were given, and it's not that easy to overcome everything that was felt and said befored. I'd have liked to see a less intent resolution, some discussions, explanations etc.
All in all, a wonderful YA coming-of-age story wrapped into a love story that tackles issues of marginality and beauty standards a bit.
The story in it was good, and the realtionship didn't really feel like insta-lust to me. It felt like a surprising chemistry that evolved naturally to something else. It's a story about a girl who owns her difference so much that she builds wall ... She is sure she is alone because she's different but doesn't give anybody the chance to prove her she could be liked this way. This is also a story about parental neglect a bit, and how being in survival mode where you are a teenager can fuck you up. But the dual POV gives you more, because you also get the guy who really wants to fit in, and to please others, to be the good, dependable guy. And how sometimes that is it's own prison too.
I really enjoyed that we got to read about how sometimes you like a person that doesn't fit your attractiveness criterias, or that is so different from you that it sometimes is scary. Or that you end up mesmerized when you realise that you truly find them beautiful once you like them and their personnality and quirks seems to shine on their face. But I though it could have gone a little deeper there.
I was a bit dispointed by the end, which is why this book doesn't get a 5 stars. It was wrapped up way too fast. The final realisation and growing up on both sides deserved more time and depth that they were given, and it's not that easy to overcome everything that was felt and said befored. I'd have liked to see a less intent resolution, some discussions, explanations etc.
All in all, a wonderful YA coming-of-age story wrapped into a love story that tackles issues of marginality and beauty standards a bit.
I’m in the 2.5 star group.
This book was enjoyable. The writing was very good, and I really liked that the chapters would alternate better the two main character’s perspectives.
I didn’t enjoy how farcical the story was, and that the there was no depth to the characters. It was very much a case of “I’m a dork” and “I’m a popular boy”. I didn’t like it. Unfortunately, the characters I did like were only very vaguely touched on. I would have actually liked to know more about Hannah, and even Scar and Barney.
Also, and I’m still not over this, the main character is purportedly a strong independent woman who stands up for herself. However I found her begging Barney for forgiveness at the beginning of the book completely inappropriate based on his previous behaviour. Sure, apologise for the post. But basically beg for his friendship? What. No. That’s not in line with the character at all.
This book was enjoyable. The writing was very good, and I really liked that the chapters would alternate better the two main character’s perspectives.
I didn’t enjoy how farcical the story was, and that the there was no depth to the characters. It was very much a case of “I’m a dork” and “I’m a popular boy”. I didn’t like it. Unfortunately, the characters I did like were only very vaguely touched on. I would have actually liked to know more about Hannah, and even Scar and Barney.
Also, and I’m still not over this, the main character is purportedly a strong independent woman who stands up for herself. However I found her begging Barney for forgiveness at the beginning of the book completely inappropriate based on his previous behaviour. Sure, apologise for the post. But basically beg for his friendship? What. No. That’s not in line with the character at all.
Opinião aqui: http://www.diariodachris.com/2015/05/book-adorkable.html#more
Sou uma pessoa que precisa de vez em quando de umas quantas leituras leves. O cansaço do dia-a-dia é demais e por isso às vezes no meio de leituras mais lentas lá pego num livro leve, descontraído, cuja história não vai acrescentar nada de mais à minha vida, mas que serve bem para o efeito que eu os quero, passar umas boas horas e rir. No meio da série Chaos Walking estava a precisar de um livro desses e olhando para a minha estante o eleito foi este.
Adorkable conta-nos a história de Jeane Smith, uma rapariga de 17 anos que não é a rapariga mais comum que vocês podem encontrar. Ela gosta de se vestir de uma forma diferente do senso comum, comprando as suas roupas em lojas vintage, não ligando ao que os outros pensam sobre aquilo que ela veste, pensa ou diz. Para documentar as suas escolhas de vida ela decidiu criar um blog, o Adorkable, onde ela fala disso mesmo, das suas escolhas fashions, bem como todos os seus pensamentos. Por o seu blog ser tão diferente e por a Jeane ser tão sincera na Internet ela acabou por alcançar um considerável sucesso, tanto no blog como no Twitter onde já alcançou meio milhão de seguidores. Com o seu sucesso no blog ela acaba por ser convidada por revistas e jornais para fazer publicações nas suas revistas e até a dar palestras e conferências sobre o seu pequeno mundo. No entanto e apesar de tanto sucesso ela é completamente o oposto na escola. Não tem quase amigos, à excepção do seu namorado Barney e, pouca gente percebe a sua maneira de pensar ou vestir. Um dia Michael Lee, um dos rapazes mais populares da escola aborda a Jeane porque acha que a sua namorada e o namorado dela se andam a encontrar e quer que juntos tentem que isso não aconteça. Só que conversa puxa conversa e há medida que eles se começam a conhecer melhor as coisas entre eles começam a crescer e, o que inicialmente era apenas um acordo de cavalheiros passa a ser uma história de amor.
Não estava à espera de grandes coisas deste livro. Sabia que era um YA inglês e que contava uma história bem levezinha e romântica. O estilo de amor-ódio bem típico destes livros. Mas o que mais me tinha chamado à atenção para este livro era o facto de a protagonista ser blogger como eu. Aí tive curiosidade para saber como a autora tinha conseguido escrever sobre um hobbie tão trabalhoso e colocar uma jovem adolescente com tanto sucesso na Internet a ter uma vida normal no dia-a-dia. O que é certo é que aquilo que mais me tinha entusiasmado para comprar o livro foi o que mais me desiludiu. O livro aborda sim os pensamentos da protagonista quanto ao blog, quer seja em produção de conteúdo ou nos seus trabalhos como colaboradora de vários jornais e revistas, mas o que poderia ter sido bem mais explorado acabou por ser um tópico bem superficial raramente sendo abordado ao longo do livro. A única coisa que eu gostei mesmo nesta parte foi mesmo no final quando temos a oportunidade de acompanhar a Jeane a uma conferência e podemos perceber bem como é a dinâmica das coisas.
Mas o foco principal deste livro vai mesmo para o romance. A Jeane é uma rapariga pouco ou nada convencional quer na forma como se apresenta ao mundo quer nos seus pensamentos e ideais. Ela é assim o completo oposto do Michael Lee. Ao início ambos vão-se começar a dar para tentar separar os seus respectivos namorados. Com o avançar da convivência ambos começam a perceber que têm alguns pontos em comum e começam cada vez mais a gostar de estar um com o outro, mesmo que não o queiram admitir. Podem perceber que é o típico YA cliché, onde o romance impera e que não irá trazer nada de novo ou de importante à vossa vida literária. Apesar de a história conter algumas partes mais tensas ligadas à família da Jeane, mas que só irá fortalecer o amor entre ambos.
Recomendo esta leitura para aqueles momentos onde só vos apetece uma história leve, ideal para uma bela tarde de praia ou de piscina.
Sou uma pessoa que precisa de vez em quando de umas quantas leituras leves. O cansaço do dia-a-dia é demais e por isso às vezes no meio de leituras mais lentas lá pego num livro leve, descontraído, cuja história não vai acrescentar nada de mais à minha vida, mas que serve bem para o efeito que eu os quero, passar umas boas horas e rir. No meio da série Chaos Walking estava a precisar de um livro desses e olhando para a minha estante o eleito foi este.
Adorkable conta-nos a história de Jeane Smith, uma rapariga de 17 anos que não é a rapariga mais comum que vocês podem encontrar. Ela gosta de se vestir de uma forma diferente do senso comum, comprando as suas roupas em lojas vintage, não ligando ao que os outros pensam sobre aquilo que ela veste, pensa ou diz. Para documentar as suas escolhas de vida ela decidiu criar um blog, o Adorkable, onde ela fala disso mesmo, das suas escolhas fashions, bem como todos os seus pensamentos. Por o seu blog ser tão diferente e por a Jeane ser tão sincera na Internet ela acabou por alcançar um considerável sucesso, tanto no blog como no Twitter onde já alcançou meio milhão de seguidores. Com o seu sucesso no blog ela acaba por ser convidada por revistas e jornais para fazer publicações nas suas revistas e até a dar palestras e conferências sobre o seu pequeno mundo. No entanto e apesar de tanto sucesso ela é completamente o oposto na escola. Não tem quase amigos, à excepção do seu namorado Barney e, pouca gente percebe a sua maneira de pensar ou vestir. Um dia Michael Lee, um dos rapazes mais populares da escola aborda a Jeane porque acha que a sua namorada e o namorado dela se andam a encontrar e quer que juntos tentem que isso não aconteça. Só que conversa puxa conversa e há medida que eles se começam a conhecer melhor as coisas entre eles começam a crescer e, o que inicialmente era apenas um acordo de cavalheiros passa a ser uma história de amor.
Não estava à espera de grandes coisas deste livro. Sabia que era um YA inglês e que contava uma história bem levezinha e romântica. O estilo de amor-ódio bem típico destes livros. Mas o que mais me tinha chamado à atenção para este livro era o facto de a protagonista ser blogger como eu. Aí tive curiosidade para saber como a autora tinha conseguido escrever sobre um hobbie tão trabalhoso e colocar uma jovem adolescente com tanto sucesso na Internet a ter uma vida normal no dia-a-dia. O que é certo é que aquilo que mais me tinha entusiasmado para comprar o livro foi o que mais me desiludiu. O livro aborda sim os pensamentos da protagonista quanto ao blog, quer seja em produção de conteúdo ou nos seus trabalhos como colaboradora de vários jornais e revistas, mas o que poderia ter sido bem mais explorado acabou por ser um tópico bem superficial raramente sendo abordado ao longo do livro. A única coisa que eu gostei mesmo nesta parte foi mesmo no final quando temos a oportunidade de acompanhar a Jeane a uma conferência e podemos perceber bem como é a dinâmica das coisas.
Mas o foco principal deste livro vai mesmo para o romance. A Jeane é uma rapariga pouco ou nada convencional quer na forma como se apresenta ao mundo quer nos seus pensamentos e ideais. Ela é assim o completo oposto do Michael Lee. Ao início ambos vão-se começar a dar para tentar separar os seus respectivos namorados. Com o avançar da convivência ambos começam a perceber que têm alguns pontos em comum e começam cada vez mais a gostar de estar um com o outro, mesmo que não o queiram admitir. Podem perceber que é o típico YA cliché, onde o romance impera e que não irá trazer nada de novo ou de importante à vossa vida literária. Apesar de a história conter algumas partes mais tensas ligadas à família da Jeane, mas que só irá fortalecer o amor entre ambos.
Recomendo esta leitura para aqueles momentos onde só vos apetece uma história leve, ideal para uma bela tarde de praia ou de piscina.
To be honest with you, the only reason why I bought this book was because I liked the cover and the summary on the back sounded interesting. But I'm glad I did, I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.
If there is one way to sum up Jeane Smith it would be tumblr. Just imagine what tumblr would be like if it was a person and you've got Jeane Smith. She's not afraid to stand up to people or to put it how it is. She's strong, fearless, a little crazy, and hella lonely.
And I just really liked her. I mean sure, I was annoyed that she kept shaming people for wearing and looking how they wanted and for shoving her idea of cool down peoples throats, but that changed in the end.
I liked Jeane's sarcasm and her unapologetic attitude, she said what she thought and if someone didn't like it then it really wasn't her problem and I loved that. She didn't back down from her beliefs and she didn't care what people thought of her. She was called ugly so many times but she didn't let that bother her one bit because she liked how she dressed because it made her happy. And you don't see such outspoken female characters in young adult novels these days so Jeane was a treat for me.
She and Michael had a little bit of a weird relationship to be perfectly honest with you. The two of them were just all about hurling insults at each other, but I guess that's just how their relationship worked, and they were cool with that (you know, until that screaming match in New York).
One of my favourite things about Jeane was that despite how headstrong and loud she was, she was still human, and you got to see that in the end. You got to see Jeane's vulnerability and she fully acknowledges that she's lonely and enjoys being a part of family (just not her own).
Michael was okay, he was kind of a huge asshole, and then by the end of the story he's less of a huge asshole but I guess that was his appeal to Jeane. He wasn't a total failure, he was there for her when no one else was and no matter how angry he got with Jeane, he still stuck around to make sure that she was okay.
My biggest issue with the novel is the fact that the voices of Michael and Jeane aren't easy to tell apart. Sometimes I would open the book and start reading, and I wouldn't have been able to tell whose point of view the story was being told from because Jeane and Michael sounded so similar.
But all in all, I enjoyed it, and I thought it was interesting.
If there is one way to sum up Jeane Smith it would be tumblr. Just imagine what tumblr would be like if it was a person and you've got Jeane Smith. She's not afraid to stand up to people or to put it how it is. She's strong, fearless, a little crazy, and hella lonely.
And I just really liked her. I mean sure, I was annoyed that she kept shaming people for wearing and looking how they wanted and for shoving her idea of cool down peoples throats, but that changed in the end.
I liked Jeane's sarcasm and her unapologetic attitude, she said what she thought and if someone didn't like it then it really wasn't her problem and I loved that. She didn't back down from her beliefs and she didn't care what people thought of her. She was called ugly so many times but she didn't let that bother her one bit because she liked how she dressed because it made her happy. And you don't see such outspoken female characters in young adult novels these days so Jeane was a treat for me.
She and Michael had a little bit of a weird relationship to be perfectly honest with you. The two of them were just all about hurling insults at each other, but I guess that's just how their relationship worked, and they were cool with that (you know, until that screaming match in New York).
One of my favourite things about Jeane was that despite how headstrong and loud she was, she was still human, and you got to see that in the end. You got to see Jeane's vulnerability and she fully acknowledges that she's lonely and enjoys being a part of family (just not her own).
Michael was okay, he was kind of a huge asshole, and then by the end of the story he's less of a huge asshole but I guess that was his appeal to Jeane. He wasn't a total failure, he was there for her when no one else was and no matter how angry he got with Jeane, he still stuck around to make sure that she was okay.
My biggest issue with the novel is the fact that the voices of Michael and Jeane aren't easy to tell apart. Sometimes I would open the book and start reading, and I wouldn't have been able to tell whose point of view the story was being told from because Jeane and Michael sounded so similar.
But all in all, I enjoyed it, and I thought it was interesting.
Loved the title! Got a bit sick of the overused words (totes, fit, sodding etc) I understand it was set in England but it was a bit much.
Oh My, Jeanne is one powerful character, and the dual narrative works well, because Michael's point of view offers some balance and contrast.
Teenagers being abandoned by parents is a increasingly common occurrence in YA, and I like there are serious and traumatic consequences of that.
Everything here is so sharp, and so intense, it's a powerful read.
Teenagers being abandoned by parents is a increasingly common occurrence in YA, and I like there are serious and traumatic consequences of that.
Everything here is so sharp, and so intense, it's a powerful read.
It was cute and nerdy and i love all the nerdy pop culture references :)