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uutopicaa's review against another edition
4.0
Libro estúpido, me hizo llorar T_T
Ahora, hablando en serio. El libro me encantó y al mismo tiempo me puso de mal humor. A nivel "literatura", es genial. Una idea diferente, una historia llevadera, se lee rápido, atrapa al lector y es interesante.
Ahora bien, todo esto de nenas de 14 años que se escapan de noche por la ventana, salen con chicos mayores, se emborrachan, se drogan y son casi violadas, etc.. no me gusta para nada. No porque sea "conservadora", sino porque la autora lo presenta como si esa fuese la cosa normal para todos los adolescentes. En esta novela TODOS son o casi violado o casi violadores, o se emborrachan, o se escapan de noche o se drogan o algo... vamos, tienen 14 años, no es lo común. ¿Pasa? sí, hay casos en los que pasa. ¿Es lo más común que le sucede a casi todos los jóvenes? No. Definitivamente no lo es.
Me alegra haberlo leído en inglés (tengo ambas versiones), porque tiene MUCHO del día a día estadounidenses: marcas, costumbres, lugares, eventos, etc que aunque puedan ser traducidos, se pierden.
Ahora, hablando en serio. El libro me encantó y al mismo tiempo me puso de mal humor. A nivel "literatura", es genial. Una idea diferente, una historia llevadera, se lee rápido, atrapa al lector y es interesante.
Ahora bien, todo esto de nenas de 14 años que se escapan de noche por la ventana, salen con chicos mayores, se emborrachan, se drogan y son casi violadas, etc.. no me gusta para nada. No porque sea "conservadora", sino porque la autora lo presenta como si esa fuese la cosa normal para todos los adolescentes. En esta novela TODOS son o casi violado o casi violadores, o se emborrachan, o se escapan de noche o se drogan o algo... vamos, tienen 14 años, no es lo común. ¿Pasa? sí, hay casos en los que pasa. ¿Es lo más común que le sucede a casi todos los jóvenes? No. Definitivamente no lo es.
Me alegra haberlo leído en inglés (tengo ambas versiones), porque tiene MUCHO del día a día estadounidenses: marcas, costumbres, lugares, eventos, etc que aunque puedan ser traducidos, se pierden.
peanut_parker's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
acrosspages's review against another edition
2.0
DNF at 70
No lo termine, leí hasta la pagina 70 aproximadamente.
No hay nada malo en sí con la novela. Simplemente a mi no me gusta el estilo y no me atraía nada de la historia ni sus personajes.
No lo termine, leí hasta la pagina 70 aproximadamente.
No hay nada malo en sí con la novela. Simplemente a mi no me gusta el estilo y no me atraía nada de la historia ni sus personajes.
kngregory's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars
It took me a very long time to read this book. I had to set it down for weeks at a time just because I couldn't handle it sometimes. This book is sad. If you are looking for a happy go-lucky book, do not even attempt to read this book.
This book made me question everything I thought I knew about being a sister and experiencing, love, and life, and loss.
This book is also not exactly an easy read because of how much the author makes you think.
I think the only flaw of this book is that I could agree with some of the stuff that was said through out this book, but at the same time, I agreed completely. Which never usually happens with me and books.
This book hit me on a personal level and I loved it.
It's on my list of books I'll never forget.
It took me a very long time to read this book. I had to set it down for weeks at a time just because I couldn't handle it sometimes. This book is sad. If you are looking for a happy go-lucky book, do not even attempt to read this book.
This book made me question everything I thought I knew about being a sister and experiencing, love, and life, and loss.
This book is also not exactly an easy read because of how much the author makes you think.
I think the only flaw of this book is that I could agree with some of the stuff that was said through out this book, but at the same time, I agreed completely. Which never usually happens with me and books.
This book hit me on a personal level and I loved it.
It's on my list of books I'll never forget.
bees_bookcorner's review against another edition
5.0
Dear Reader,
This story will break you. Shatter your heart like sugar glass, and cut you deep. It will leave you open, but through Laurel’s worlds, and through her letters, it will heal the wind she left behind.
Have some tissues near by <3
This story will break you. Shatter your heart like sugar glass, and cut you deep. It will leave you open, but through Laurel’s worlds, and through her letters, it will heal the wind she left behind.
Have some tissues near by <3
dilchh's review against another edition
2.0
I wanted to like this book, I really do. I mean, the whole concept is something that I liked and intrigues me, the choices of songs that were mentioned in this book was also very nice, but I just couldn’t make myself liked this book the way I had hoped to like this book the first time I saw this book.
I also can’t help thinking that this whole story was a rip-off from Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower; from the main character, the feeling of being a castaway in a new school, the newly-met friends, the being friends with a senior, the hooking up with someone not from his/her freshman year, the dark past of being molested, and the part of experiencing drinking and the whatnots (but then, I figured that Stephen himself had helped the author in writing this book, so maybe it was a mere coincidence?)
The difference though, I can like and sympathize with Charlie from The Perks of Being a Wallflower, but I seem to be irked a lot by how Laurel was acting throughout this book. There was some part that I begin to like this book and thought that maybe this was a good book afterall, but by the time I finished it, all I can feel was the feeling of being so exhausted from reading this book; I was drained out of my energy.
Later on the day after I made up my mind that I don’t like this book, I began to come to a thought that maybe this book as whole might not be my favourite, but the subtle things that made up the characters might be something that I like and that I applaud the author for. When you look back to all the characters, you can see how selfish humans are; how fucking selfish every single one of the characters in this book were. Laurel with her ‘please pitied me because I have some dark past and I lost a sister but I’m going to be a fucking dick by being mysterious and whatever’, Hannah with her ‘I’m gay but I’m scared of how people would perceive it so I’m going to keep my gay crush at bay but I’ll be screwing different guys without no fucking care to my gay crush’s feelings’, Natalie with ‘I’m gay and I like my best friend, so I don’t fucking care whether or not she’s afraid of coming out but I will pressure her nonetheless’, Tristan with his ‘I don’t want to go to fucking college and I don’t give a shit if my girlfriend thinks otherwise’, Kristen with her ‘I’m going to fucking NYC and I will make my boyfriend go to college regardless of what he wants’, Sky with his ‘I love my ex-girlfriend but it’s hard to move on so I’m going to screw around with random girl in front of her, May with her “Oh my parents are divorcing, let’s just go and date some random older guys and leave my baby sister in the hands of a random stranger while I go and fool around with my older boyfriend, and many many many many more proofs of how people are bottomline selfish and that no one is better than anyone else.
Whatever people might say about this book, I stand by my review, I don’t like it and I can’t help but comparing this book to The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and the latter is obviously better than the former.
I also can’t help thinking that this whole story was a rip-off from Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower; from the main character, the feeling of being a castaway in a new school, the newly-met friends, the being friends with a senior, the hooking up with someone not from his/her freshman year, the dark past of being molested, and the part of experiencing drinking and the whatnots (but then, I figured that Stephen himself had helped the author in writing this book, so maybe it was a mere coincidence?)
The difference though, I can like and sympathize with Charlie from The Perks of Being a Wallflower, but I seem to be irked a lot by how Laurel was acting throughout this book. There was some part that I begin to like this book and thought that maybe this was a good book afterall, but by the time I finished it, all I can feel was the feeling of being so exhausted from reading this book; I was drained out of my energy.
Later on the day after I made up my mind that I don’t like this book, I began to come to a thought that maybe this book as whole might not be my favourite, but the subtle things that made up the characters might be something that I like and that I applaud the author for. When you look back to all the characters, you can see how selfish humans are; how fucking selfish every single one of the characters in this book were. Laurel with her ‘please pitied me because I have some dark past and I lost a sister but I’m going to be a fucking dick by being mysterious and whatever’, Hannah with her ‘I’m gay but I’m scared of how people would perceive it so I’m going to keep my gay crush at bay but I’ll be screwing different guys without no fucking care to my gay crush’s feelings’, Natalie with ‘I’m gay and I like my best friend, so I don’t fucking care whether or not she’s afraid of coming out but I will pressure her nonetheless’, Tristan with his ‘I don’t want to go to fucking college and I don’t give a shit if my girlfriend thinks otherwise’, Kristen with her ‘I’m going to fucking NYC and I will make my boyfriend go to college regardless of what he wants’, Sky with his ‘I love my ex-girlfriend but it’s hard to move on so I’m going to screw around with random girl in front of her, May with her “Oh my parents are divorcing, let’s just go and date some random older guys and leave my baby sister in the hands of a random stranger while I go and fool around with my older boyfriend, and many many many many more proofs of how people are bottomline selfish and that no one is better than anyone else.
Whatever people might say about this book, I stand by my review, I don’t like it and I can’t help but comparing this book to The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and the latter is obviously better than the former.