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3.08 AVERAGE
3.08 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am a big fan of psychological thrillers and dystopian stories; although I confess that I enjoy watching movies from this genre more than reading books from it. I liked the Hollywood adaptation of this book staring the beautiful Emma Roberts and the handsome Dave Franco, who by the way, make the perfect Vee and Ian. Somehow when I picked up this book I was apprehensive as I thought I would like the movie better since I saw that first. Not that it should matter, but I am team books in the whole Books vs Films debate and therefore almost always try to read a book first before I watch it's on-screen adaptation. Of course, that's a very difficult task as more and more films are based on books nowadays...but advantage is that I believe it has led to better quality films in the long-run.
My ramblings aside, this book was so different from the movie that I should say that the movie was only "loosely based on the book". It's like they took the characters from the book and wrote a different story about them keeping the same idea. Of course, there were some plots in the book that they had to change to make it more believable (or are humans really that gullible as the author writes?). But I really liked the book and now when I am done, I am yearning for an adaptation that's more true to the novel.
Sigh....I thought I had grown-up enough to stop complaining about movies not being true to books...but I guess not!
My ramblings aside, this book was so different from the movie that I should say that the movie was only "loosely based on the book". It's like they took the characters from the book and wrote a different story about them keeping the same idea. Of course, there were some plots in the book that they had to change to make it more believable (or are humans really that gullible as the author writes?). But I really liked the book and now when I am done, I am yearning for an adaptation that's more true to the novel.
Sigh....I thought I had grown-up enough to stop complaining about movies not being true to books...but I guess not!
My biggest takeaway from this book was "Am I supposed to like any of these people?" Not a single character in this entire book comes off as charming, interesting, or more than just a one dimensional copy of a stereotype. The in-universe rules seem all over the place, wildly disjointed from reality or how real people would react. What is supposed to land as shock and "social commentary" becomes a hollow, thin attempt at a moral.
To top it off, there is no resolution!!!! Am I supposed to be latched on for a possible follow up? No thank you.
To top it off, there is no resolution!!!! Am I supposed to be latched on for a possible follow up? No thank you.
JUST WATCH THE MOVIE DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME
*spoilers*
I like to see what the book is like if I've seen the movie or TV show for it because I don't want to judge a book based on its film. I did have high hopes, but when I tell you, I was shocked by how unimpressed I was. No, the movie is not fantastic. I actually rewatched it after finishing the book, and it's not the best or anything, but it's written so much better. Not only is everything established in the beginning. The characters are more fleshed out (primarily due to the actors), and there's not as much confusion. We know Ian's secrets and understand his motives, but in the book, he is someone we don't really know. In the movie, I liked all the characters at the end, which was nice. Even Ty is likable and slightly fleshed out. Initially, he's established as a risk-taker who doesn't care about the consequences of dares but turns out to be sweet and caring and wants to end being a prisoner of the game. I don't care about anyone in the final round in the book, not even our main characters. When Vee is scared when the guns come out, I'm bored; I don't care.
I don't want to completely hate on the book because although I literally had to power through it half the time, the overall premise of the story is not terrible, but the execution of the plot, world-building, and characters are bad and hard to invest in. The writing is easy to read, and that's it. That's the good thing about it.
While the writing was easy to read, it was not necessarily good and sometimes cringe. "As fun as it would be to fool around with him, the closet I'm getting to being a prostitute tonight is the pretend stuff we did earlier" (pg.182)
HUH??? WHAT? If someone can explain what this means, I would much appreciate it because this is word for word what's written.
Sometimes I couldn't picture what was happening, and it confused me. I'd be reading in the midst of a dare and be confused about what was going on but would catch on later, if at all. There is a scene of an older man walking his dog at almost midnight and getting scared by the Venus looking at him. Like what does this mean? What value, if any, does this add to the story? Venus also said that public ashtrays are not a thing when they are. I'm sure we've all seen one at least once, but apparently, it's not a thing…
The dares in the books did not feel like dares. A dare is to challenge a performance or action to show that an individual has courage. Getting up to open a cabinet for fifty dollars is not a dare. Near the end of the book, they're paying the final-round players to do minor tasks.
Now the characters, omg. The main character (Vee or Venus), I could not, would not, did not route for her. She basically body shames and slut shames her friend. While Vee had a crush on Matthew(who is a walking red flag), he has a crush on Sydney, and not her. And because she's insecure and envy's her supposed best friend Sydney, she blames her for him not liking her and reads too much into a kiss that is acting. Then instead of asking what it meant (after being friends for so long), she decides to go off and hold a grudge against her. Then when Vee confronts Sydney, Sydney tells her that she didn't want to kiss him that long and that it was basically forced. Even after this, Venus was stubborn and would not apologize. This drives me a little crazy because I don't like when a character obviously has flaws (which is fine), but there's no drive to change. It also doesn't help that the ending felt slightly rushed and didn't make much sense. She would also act immature(like elementary immature) even though she's supposed to be sixteen or seventeen years old. For example, "'Shut your piehole.' I'm sure that's the first time I've ever used that term. Look how the game has improved my vocabulary" (193). Wow, you are so bad, saying such mean things, like piehole, omg!!!
I do like Sydney more than Venus because of Venus's lack of communication and putting labels on Sydney. It just feels that the characters aren't flushed out enough. Another example is Ian, who I thought would be nicer when comparing him to the film adaptation, but reluctantly learned that he's actually rude and uninteresting. He called a short guy a runt on page 144 and said, "I need to tell you something first. I don't know what kind of sick video-editing of me Tommy did while he jacked off, but it's totally fake" (255). I don't think he is charming or attractive when he says these things. Ian is also supposed to be a little mysterious. After all, we don't know much about him because we've only known him for half a day, but by the end, we still don't know much about him. Tommy said he had a video of him. Never saw the video. Constant references show him wanting to leave town, but he doesn't. We don't know why except for a slight reference that he may have been abused still, there is no resolution for him.
By page 157, I've entirely stopped caring about the story and their relationship. Their first kiss is super random as Vee had basically tried to prostitute herself, said something about it being a horrible experience, and then proceeded to make out with Ian. In the movie, it was done so much better. I'm not referring to the dare one; I'm talking about when they made out in front of the statue after doing the motorcycle blindfolded dare. Both of them had just put their life in the other person's hands, and they had succeeded in something dangerous, so the adrenaline was high. Ian says how amazing she is and is getting flustered, and she kisses him. To me, it just felt built up and so much better. Even the companionship and trust felt more stable in the movie. I don't feel that in the book, and it's worse when you think about how it's only been a day. Less than a day.
Overall, this book has a great idea but bad execution. I did not like a good chunk of it. Maybe this idea is better suited for a film than chapters.
*spoilers*
I like to see what the book is like if I've seen the movie or TV show for it because I don't want to judge a book based on its film. I did have high hopes, but when I tell you, I was shocked by how unimpressed I was. No, the movie is not fantastic. I actually rewatched it after finishing the book, and it's not the best or anything, but it's written so much better. Not only is everything established in the beginning. The characters are more fleshed out (primarily due to the actors), and there's not as much confusion. We know Ian's secrets and understand his motives, but in the book, he is someone we don't really know. In the movie, I liked all the characters at the end, which was nice. Even Ty is likable and slightly fleshed out. Initially, he's established as a risk-taker who doesn't care about the consequences of dares but turns out to be sweet and caring and wants to end being a prisoner of the game. I don't care about anyone in the final round in the book, not even our main characters. When Vee is scared when the guns come out, I'm bored; I don't care.
I don't want to completely hate on the book because although I literally had to power through it half the time, the overall premise of the story is not terrible, but the execution of the plot, world-building, and characters are bad and hard to invest in. The writing is easy to read, and that's it. That's the good thing about it.
While the writing was easy to read, it was not necessarily good and sometimes cringe. "As fun as it would be to fool around with him, the closet I'm getting to being a prostitute tonight is the pretend stuff we did earlier" (pg.182)
HUH??? WHAT? If someone can explain what this means, I would much appreciate it because this is word for word what's written.
Sometimes I couldn't picture what was happening, and it confused me. I'd be reading in the midst of a dare and be confused about what was going on but would catch on later, if at all. There is a scene of an older man walking his dog at almost midnight and getting scared by the Venus looking at him. Like what does this mean? What value, if any, does this add to the story? Venus also said that public ashtrays are not a thing when they are. I'm sure we've all seen one at least once, but apparently, it's not a thing…
The dares in the books did not feel like dares. A dare is to challenge a performance or action to show that an individual has courage. Getting up to open a cabinet for fifty dollars is not a dare. Near the end of the book, they're paying the final-round players to do minor tasks.
Now the characters, omg. The main character (Vee or Venus), I could not, would not, did not route for her. She basically body shames and slut shames her friend. While Vee had a crush on Matthew(who is a walking red flag), he has a crush on Sydney, and not her. And because she's insecure and envy's her supposed best friend Sydney, she blames her for him not liking her and reads too much into a kiss that is acting. Then instead of asking what it meant (after being friends for so long), she decides to go off and hold a grudge against her. Then when Vee confronts Sydney, Sydney tells her that she didn't want to kiss him that long and that it was basically forced. Even after this, Venus was stubborn and would not apologize. This drives me a little crazy because I don't like when a character obviously has flaws (which is fine), but there's no drive to change. It also doesn't help that the ending felt slightly rushed and didn't make much sense. She would also act immature(like elementary immature) even though she's supposed to be sixteen or seventeen years old. For example, "'Shut your piehole.' I'm sure that's the first time I've ever used that term. Look how the game has improved my vocabulary" (193). Wow, you are so bad, saying such mean things, like piehole, omg!!!
I do like Sydney more than Venus because of Venus's lack of communication and putting labels on Sydney. It just feels that the characters aren't flushed out enough. Another example is Ian, who I thought would be nicer when comparing him to the film adaptation, but reluctantly learned that he's actually rude and uninteresting. He called a short guy a runt on page 144 and said, "I need to tell you something first. I don't know what kind of sick video-editing of me Tommy did while he jacked off, but it's totally fake" (255). I don't think he is charming or attractive when he says these things. Ian is also supposed to be a little mysterious. After all, we don't know much about him because we've only known him for half a day, but by the end, we still don't know much about him. Tommy said he had a video of him. Never saw the video. Constant references show him wanting to leave town, but he doesn't. We don't know why except for a slight reference that he may have been abused still, there is no resolution for him.
By page 157, I've entirely stopped caring about the story and their relationship. Their first kiss is super random as Vee had basically tried to prostitute herself, said something about it being a horrible experience, and then proceeded to make out with Ian. In the movie, it was done so much better. I'm not referring to the dare one; I'm talking about when they made out in front of the statue after doing the motorcycle blindfolded dare. Both of them had just put their life in the other person's hands, and they had succeeded in something dangerous, so the adrenaline was high. Ian says how amazing she is and is getting flustered, and she kisses him. To me, it just felt built up and so much better. Even the companionship and trust felt more stable in the movie. I don't feel that in the book, and it's worse when you think about how it's only been a day. Less than a day.
Overall, this book has a great idea but bad execution. I did not like a good chunk of it. Maybe this idea is better suited for a film than chapters.
Have you ever enjoyed a book for the first two thirds or so and then found the last third to be so incredibly bad that you keep checking to make sure you aren’t reading an uncorrected proof? This book makes a lot of promises which it does not keep and makes a lot of horrible blunders at the end in a failed attempt to ramp up tension.
First, I didn’t mind the main character, Vee. She seems like an average, not unlikable sort of person and her motives (for the first two thirds) make sense. Tired of living in the shadow of her gorgeous and talented best friend, she tries an easy dare, just to show her friends that she can be a little bit adventurous too.
From there, her continued participation in the game makes sense. Each dare is a little harder but offers a tantalizing prize, plus she’s paired with Ian, a cute boy who she doesn’t want to let down, especially considering that his prizes all seem to indicate that he’s desperate to escape from an abusive family. It’s a natural progression towards accepting an invitation to the live, pay-per-view grand prize round.
Unfortunately, that’s where things fall completely apart, and not in a fun way. Having spent all this time showing us how an average person could easily be sucked into the game, how you wouldn’t have to be a brainless adrenalin junky or a reality tv wannabe willing to do anything for fifteen minutes of fame to end up there…the other contestants are all shown to be, you guessed it, brainless adrenalin junkies and reality tv wannabes willing to do anything for fifteen minutes of fame. (Well, except for one token black kid who’s just there and hardly says anything.)
Now, they are all told right off that bat that they are meant to be working co-operatively in this final round. That is, they are NOT competing with each other for prizes. Rather, the opposite; if one of them quits then they’re ALL disqualified and get NO ONE gets ANY prizes. Got it? Seem like a simple enough concept? So what does everyone do? Immediately start antagonizing each other for no reason.
They all form an immediate hatred of Vee, especially Micki. Micki is described throughout as being (I sh*t you not) just a big disgusting lesbian. Her hatred of Vee seems to stem entirely from the fact that Vee is pretty and a girly girl…so obviously the butch lesbian must hate her, right? Micki acts like the most aggressive middle school bully you can imagine, calling Vee “princess” or “virgin” every two second and threatening to sexually assault her at one point. She spends the rest of the time making out with her slightly less horrible girlfriend, to Vee’s disgust. (Um, because they have so many piercings. That’s why it’s disgusting…yeah…) As you can imagine, it does come across as really f*ing homophobic.
So, despite the fact that if any of them quit they all lose, everyone is immediately at each other’s throats, apparently trying to psych each other into quitting. Why? They do eventually get thrown a dare that pits them against each other…except that it kind of doesn’t when you think about it…if they hadn’t been inexplicably ready to kill each other before the dare, it would have been a walk in the park…they could have just sat there for 20 minutes and then walked out super rich. It’s like if the kids in Lord of the Flies had started killing each other before they go to the island. Like, there’s still a book there, but it’s a different book.
Also at this point, the author chooses to flush all credibility for the sake of making the villain seem more imposing and pretty much makes suspension of disbelief impossible. The people behind the game stop throwing actual dares at the players and instead just start showing them things that are personally upsetting. Things that no one should know about!
I will buy that they were able to figure out what prizes to offer and what petty interpersonal squabbles were going to from what these kids post online, sure. But then the villain suddenly grows into godlike omnipotence, not only figuring out how to psychologically torment them based on their past but ACTUALLY BUILDING DETAILED SETS in which to do this, keeping in mind that the story takes place over the course of about three days, the first two of which Vee was only one of hundreds of other potential finalists.
Also, keep in mind that their goal is to entertain the people who paid to view the game so they can make money. Like, throw someone who is afraid of snakes into a big pit of snakes sure, but this subtle psychological BS would actually be boring as hell to watch. A huge, unbelievable amount of trouble to go through to produce situations that the reader, not the hypothetical viewer will find interesting.
Crazy things start happening! Twists that were not set up happen and then are immediately forgotten! It all becomes so untenable that you start to hope that it will end with Vee waking up from a fever dream because that’s the only way the whole situation could make sense.
So, what can our hero possibly do in the face of this all seeing, unknown threat which has the power to pull strings and arrange things so seamlessly? She
The biggest flaw with this book (other than the rampant homophobia) is the fact that the villain is such a faceless amoeba, growing to a thing of impossibly size one moment with no goal other than to antagonize the main character and then shrinking into something Vee can easily squash the next. This could have been a good book if it had just stuck to being about a bunch of kids playing a dangerous game that gets out of control and hadn’t tried to throw in some kind of insane, pointless conspiracy in the last third.
First, I didn’t mind the main character, Vee. She seems like an average, not unlikable sort of person and her motives (for the first two thirds) make sense. Tired of living in the shadow of her gorgeous and talented best friend, she tries an easy dare, just to show her friends that she can be a little bit adventurous too.
From there, her continued participation in the game makes sense. Each dare is a little harder but offers a tantalizing prize, plus she’s paired with Ian, a cute boy who she doesn’t want to let down, especially considering that his prizes all seem to indicate that he’s desperate to escape from an abusive family. It’s a natural progression towards accepting an invitation to the live, pay-per-view grand prize round.
Unfortunately, that’s where things fall completely apart, and not in a fun way. Having spent all this time showing us how an average person could easily be sucked into the game, how you wouldn’t have to be a brainless adrenalin junky or a reality tv wannabe willing to do anything for fifteen minutes of fame to end up there…the other contestants are all shown to be, you guessed it, brainless adrenalin junkies and reality tv wannabes willing to do anything for fifteen minutes of fame. (Well, except for one token black kid who’s just there and hardly says anything.)
Now, they are all told right off that bat that they are meant to be working co-operatively in this final round. That is, they are NOT competing with each other for prizes. Rather, the opposite; if one of them quits then they’re ALL disqualified and get NO ONE gets ANY prizes. Got it? Seem like a simple enough concept? So what does everyone do? Immediately start antagonizing each other for no reason.
They all form an immediate hatred of Vee, especially Micki. Micki is described throughout as being (I sh*t you not) just a big disgusting lesbian. Her hatred of Vee seems to stem entirely from the fact that Vee is pretty and a girly girl…so obviously the butch lesbian must hate her, right? Micki acts like the most aggressive middle school bully you can imagine, calling Vee “princess” or “virgin” every two second and threatening to sexually assault her at one point. She spends the rest of the time making out with her slightly less horrible girlfriend, to Vee’s disgust. (Um, because they have so many piercings. That’s why it’s disgusting…yeah…) As you can imagine, it does come across as really f*ing homophobic.
So, despite the fact that if any of them quit they all lose, everyone is immediately at each other’s throats, apparently trying to psych each other into quitting. Why? They do eventually get thrown a dare that pits them against each other
Spoiler
they have to point real (?) guns at each other for about 20 minutes. That’s it. Just hold them there.Also at this point, the author chooses to flush all credibility for the sake of making the villain seem more imposing and pretty much makes suspension of disbelief impossible. The people behind the game stop throwing actual dares at the players and instead just start showing them things that are personally upsetting. Things that no one should know about!
I will buy that they were able to figure out what prizes to offer and what petty interpersonal squabbles were going to from what these kids post online, sure. But then the villain suddenly grows into godlike omnipotence, not only figuring out how to psychologically torment them based on their past but ACTUALLY BUILDING DETAILED SETS in which to do this, keeping in mind that the story takes place over the course of about three days, the first two of which Vee was only one of hundreds of other potential finalists.
Also, keep in mind that their goal is to entertain the people who paid to view the game so they can make money. Like, throw someone who is afraid of snakes into a big pit of snakes sure, but this subtle psychological BS would actually be boring as hell to watch. A huge, unbelievable amount of trouble to go through to produce situations that the reader, not the hypothetical viewer will find interesting.
Crazy things start happening! Twists that were not set up happen and then are immediately forgotten! It all becomes so untenable that you start to hope that it will end with Vee waking up from a fever dream because that’s the only way the whole situation could make sense.
So, what can our hero possibly do in the face of this all seeing, unknown threat which has the power to pull strings and arrange things so seamlessly? She
Spoiler
smashes a two way mirror and gets away. And then everything is fine. Because her friend Tommy (you know, the one who apparently doctored photos to make it look like Ian had done porn just because he was jealous) is, like, good at computers, or whatever. Unless we want to do a sequel! Leaving it open for that!The biggest flaw with this book (other than the rampant homophobia) is the fact that the villain is such a faceless amoeba, growing to a thing of impossibly size one moment with no goal other than to antagonize the main character and then shrinking into something Vee can easily squash the next. This could have been a good book if it had just stuck to being about a bunch of kids playing a dangerous game that gets out of control and hadn’t tried to throw in some kind of insane, pointless conspiracy in the last third.
Vee is not the type of girl who would normally participate in NERVE, an online game of dares. She is very quite and a theater nerd, so when she accepts her first dare, most people are surprised. But Vee can't stop accepting the dares that she is given because she keeps being offered prizes that she can't turn down. And once she's partnered with Ian, another NERVE player, she really can't stop. She loves the attention of the Watchers and all the prizes, but the dares start to go too far and they start to wonder how far are they willing to go.
I really enjoyed the first half of this book. It was thrilling and I was excited to see where the story was going. But the second half fell flat. I did not like anything about the grand prize dare. It was rushed and I just didn't like where the story ended. I honestly, did not know that Nerve was a book until I saw trailers for the movie. I still haven't seen the movie, but after reading the book, the trailer looks A LOT different from the book. And I'm hoping it is better. Ian was a very lovable character from the start, but obviously I was a little suspicious of him. I really liked Tommy as well and wished he got more time with Vee during the dares. Vee upset me a couple of times because of the dares that she was willing to do for a pair of shoes or a new phone. It's so petty to ruin your friendship over things like that. The ending of the book, like I said before, was not what I was expecting at all.
I love the concept of a science fiction story about a game that we can participate in. I love Tron and Spy Kids 3D. I just love the concept of entering into a game and seeing that type of world. So ultimately, that's why I was interested in this book but this one is more of a mystery/thriller. I still enjoyed it somewhat but would love to see a different ending of it.
I really enjoyed the first half of this book. It was thrilling and I was excited to see where the story was going. But the second half fell flat. I did not like anything about the grand prize dare. It was rushed and I just didn't like where the story ended. I honestly, did not know that Nerve was a book until I saw trailers for the movie. I still haven't seen the movie, but after reading the book, the trailer looks A LOT different from the book. And I'm hoping it is better. Ian was a very lovable character from the start, but obviously I was a little suspicious of him. I really liked Tommy as well and wished he got more time with Vee during the dares. Vee upset me a couple of times because of the dares that she was willing to do for a pair of shoes or a new phone. It's so petty to ruin your friendship over things like that. The ending of the book, like I said before, was not what I was expecting at all.
I love the concept of a science fiction story about a game that we can participate in. I love Tron and Spy Kids 3D. I just love the concept of entering into a game and seeing that type of world. So ultimately, that's why I was interested in this book but this one is more of a mystery/thriller. I still enjoyed it somewhat but would love to see a different ending of it.
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Un libro normalito; sin más.
Para ponernos en situación, NERVE es un juego de retos en el que se puede inscribir quien quiera (así como mini-resumen). Vee es una chica que siempre ha sido la segundona en todo (la chica de detrás del telón -literalmente-, la sombra de su mejor amiga, etc.), y para sentirse un poco importante decide inscribirse en el juego. En teoría sólo iba a ser un reto, pero el juego le empieza a comer la cabeza con los premios y finalmente termina metiéndose del todo.
El libro en sí no está mal, pero tampoco es la gran cosa. La idea tampoco me ha parecido original, y podría haber sido aprovechada muchísimo mejor. Seamos sinceros: lo leí para poder ver la peli.
Hablemos de los personajes:
Vee me ha parecido estúpida en general. A ver, empieza quejándose como una loca de su mejor amiga (Sydney), y a los cinco minutos parece que ha olvidado todo lo que le ha hecho porque son "demasiados años de amistad como para echarlos a perder". PERO VAMOS A VER, ¿qué sentido tiene mantener una amistad si te hace sentir como una mierda? Y ENCIMA se disculpa con Sydney. EN FIN.
Y esto no se acaba aquí, señores, porque esta tía prefiere hacer daño a la gente, denigrarse y hacer sufrir A SUS PADRES por cosas materiales. Vale, que por X premios yo también haría tonterías, pero hay un límite, y ella sabe que lo está sobrepasando pero nunca para, hasta que es demasiado tarde. Durante todo el libro he estado en plan "¿PERO TÚ ERES TONTA?". Protagonista desesperante detected. Es que ve que NERVE hace cosas muy raras y a ella parece que le importa un pimiento. En un punto del libro dice que "le está destrozando la vida" (frase literal) y aun así sigue jugando. ¿QUIÉN ENTIENDE ESTO? Yo, no.
Sydney me ha parecido la típica pija popular cliché de película americana. No me voy a extender porque no merece la pena y tampoco es que haya chicha para seguir comentando.
¿Tommy? Otro personaje plano y típico. Si lo habéis leído ya sabréis a qué me refiero. No voy a spoilear.
Vamos con el temita estrella... LA RELACIÓN AMOROSA. "Bueno, como ya sabemos que en cada libro debe haber una dosis mínima de amor, vamos a ponernos manos a la obra" -dijo Jeanne Ryan antes de crear al protagonista masculino de esta historia.
Queridos escritores, ¿qué puñetas no entendéis de "es mejor un libro sin romance que uno hecho de cualquier manera"? ¡Este libro sería mucho mejor sin esta relación! Es que, vamos, ¡ese chico no podía ser más plano! Lo único que sabía Vee de él es que estaba bueno y ya le empezó a gustar. ENCIMA decía que estaba enamorada o algo así y sólo habían pasado unas horas juntos. Por favor... ¡Ni siquiera se fiaba de él!
Por cierto, siendo NERVE un juego TAN FAMOSO, ¿no le preocupa que sus padres la vean jugar? Falta de coherencia detected.
El final ha sido lo peor, porque era muy confuso (¿o era yo leyendo a las dos de la mañana?), pasó todo muy a la carrera y el epílogo (¿era un epílogo?) fue muy típico y predecible. Ah, ¿y ese prólogo? Tengo que releer esa parte porque no me he enterado.
Vale, he sido un poco hater en esta reseña, pero también ha tenido sus cosas positivas: engancha (leído en un día), es entretenido, da un par de escalofríos al principio, y estoy lista para ver la película (XD).
Para ponernos en situación, NERVE es un juego de retos en el que se puede inscribir quien quiera (así como mini-resumen). Vee es una chica que siempre ha sido la segundona en todo (la chica de detrás del telón -literalmente-, la sombra de su mejor amiga, etc.), y para sentirse un poco importante decide inscribirse en el juego. En teoría sólo iba a ser un reto, pero el juego le empieza a comer la cabeza con los premios y finalmente termina metiéndose del todo.
El libro en sí no está mal, pero tampoco es la gran cosa. La idea tampoco me ha parecido original, y podría haber sido aprovechada muchísimo mejor. Seamos sinceros: lo leí para poder ver la peli.
Hablemos de los personajes:
Vee me ha parecido estúpida en general. A ver, empieza quejándose como una loca de su mejor amiga (Sydney), y a los cinco minutos parece que ha olvidado todo lo que le ha hecho porque son "demasiados años de amistad como para echarlos a perder". PERO VAMOS A VER, ¿qué sentido tiene mantener una amistad si te hace sentir como una mierda? Y ENCIMA se disculpa con Sydney. EN FIN.
Y esto no se acaba aquí, señores, porque esta tía prefiere hacer daño a la gente, denigrarse y hacer sufrir A SUS PADRES por cosas materiales. Vale, que por X premios yo también haría tonterías, pero hay un límite, y ella sabe que lo está sobrepasando pero nunca para, hasta que es demasiado tarde. Durante todo el libro he estado en plan "¿PERO TÚ ERES TONTA?". Protagonista desesperante detected. Es que ve que NERVE hace cosas muy raras y a ella parece que le importa un pimiento. En un punto del libro dice que "le está destrozando la vida" (frase literal) y aun así sigue jugando. ¿QUIÉN ENTIENDE ESTO? Yo, no.
Sydney me ha parecido la típica pija popular cliché de película americana. No me voy a extender porque no merece la pena y tampoco es que haya chicha para seguir comentando.
¿Tommy? Otro personaje plano y típico. Si lo habéis leído ya sabréis a qué me refiero. No voy a spoilear.
Vamos con el temita estrella... LA RELACIÓN AMOROSA. "Bueno, como ya sabemos que en cada libro debe haber una dosis mínima de amor, vamos a ponernos manos a la obra" -dijo Jeanne Ryan antes de crear al protagonista masculino de esta historia.
Queridos escritores, ¿qué puñetas no entendéis de "es mejor un libro sin romance que uno hecho de cualquier manera"? ¡Este libro sería mucho mejor sin esta relación! Es que, vamos, ¡ese chico no podía ser más plano! Lo único que sabía Vee de él es que estaba bueno y ya le empezó a gustar. ENCIMA decía que estaba enamorada o algo así y sólo habían pasado unas horas juntos. Por favor... ¡Ni siquiera se fiaba de él!
Por cierto, siendo NERVE un juego TAN FAMOSO, ¿no le preocupa que sus padres la vean jugar? Falta de coherencia detected.
El final ha sido lo peor, porque era muy confuso (¿o era yo leyendo a las dos de la mañana?), pasó todo muy a la carrera y el epílogo (¿era un epílogo?) fue muy típico y predecible. Ah, ¿y ese prólogo? Tengo que releer esa parte porque no me he enterado.
Vale, he sido un poco hater en esta reseña, pero también ha tenido sus cosas positivas: engancha (leído en un día), es entretenido, da un par de escalofríos al principio, y estoy lista para ver la película (XD).
tense
fast-paced
Reading this book the day after watching the Jake Weddle interview on YouTube is WILD.