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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
Ok, esto fue una relectura para mí. Y creo que por ser una relectura quizás fui más crítica de lo que estaba leyendo. Pero vayamos al principio.
Este libro trata sobre un chico, cuya familia se muda todo el tiempo por el trabajo de su papá. Y lo acaban de inscribir en un colegio católico. Él no es católico, ni religioso en absoluto, y logra encontrar en el colegio otras personas que son críticas sobre cómo se maneja el colegio con ciertos temas. Es así que deciden exponer todas las hipocresías de la iglesia, en una revolución escolar que a veces sirve, pero a veces daña mucho a las personas que se encuentran a su alrededor.
La relación del protagonista con su padre me frustró mucho. Cuando había pasado el 85% del libro y aún no había encontrado un ápice de crecimiento en ninguno de los dos, tengo que admitir que me enojó un poco. Me gustan mis personajes con mucho desarrollo en la historia, y este libro, en general, no tiene eso.
Sí es entretenido, y es copado leer algo desde este punto de vista, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que fui a un colegio católico en la primaria. Hay muchas críticas que se hacen que están correctas, pero también hay un montón muy específico a las escuelas de Estados Unidos, así que no me pude identificar mucho con eso.
Creo que es un libro interesante de leer, porque no encontré realmente muchos libros que traten el tema de religión de esta manera, con un poco de comedia, un poco de realidad, y nada, un poco de todo.
De todas maneras, ya lo saben: lo leí dos veces. Y si lo leí dos veces fue porque evidentemente este libro dejó algo interesante en mí, y pensé en él por mucho más tiempo del que imaginaba. Si les interesa una especie de rom com mezcla libro de crítica religiosa combinado con una historia de gente creciendo y conociéndose a si misma, este libro es un buen lugar donde empezar.
Este libro trata sobre un chico, cuya familia se muda todo el tiempo por el trabajo de su papá. Y lo acaban de inscribir en un colegio católico. Él no es católico, ni religioso en absoluto, y logra encontrar en el colegio otras personas que son críticas sobre cómo se maneja el colegio con ciertos temas. Es así que deciden exponer todas las hipocresías de la iglesia, en una revolución escolar que a veces sirve, pero a veces daña mucho a las personas que se encuentran a su alrededor.
La relación del protagonista con su padre me frustró mucho. Cuando había pasado el 85% del libro y aún no había encontrado un ápice de crecimiento en ninguno de los dos, tengo que admitir que me enojó un poco. Me gustan mis personajes con mucho desarrollo en la historia, y este libro, en general, no tiene eso.
Sí es entretenido, y es copado leer algo desde este punto de vista, sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que fui a un colegio católico en la primaria. Hay muchas críticas que se hacen que están correctas, pero también hay un montón muy específico a las escuelas de Estados Unidos, así que no me pude identificar mucho con eso.
Creo que es un libro interesante de leer, porque no encontré realmente muchos libros que traten el tema de religión de esta manera, con un poco de comedia, un poco de realidad, y nada, un poco de todo.
De todas maneras, ya lo saben: lo leí dos veces. Y si lo leí dos veces fue porque evidentemente este libro dejó algo interesante en mí, y pensé en él por mucho más tiempo del que imaginaba. Si les interesa una especie de rom com mezcla libro de crítica religiosa combinado con una historia de gente creciendo y conociéndose a si misma, este libro es un buen lugar donde empezar.
I probably would not have been interested in this book if it weren't for a particular BookTuber, but I liked it a lot! The humor's the best part, but there's also the characters' relationships with one another and the irony of organizing a club of members with various beliefs at a Catholic school. It took me a while to get into, but I'm glad I pushed through until the end, and I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a light-hearted story that will make you laugh from time to time.
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“I don’t believe in God, but that doesn’t mean I believe in nothing.
I believe in love. I believe in the love Lucy shows me, the kind I’ll try hard to give back to her in full. I believe in things I can’t put into words, but things I know to be true.
I believe in us. I believe in this.
Amen.”
My religion trauma has been healed through a book I finished reading at French Class. I come from a Catholic school, my best friend says I'm a Catholic school survivor bcs after so much fighting against it I finally could change schools... now I'm in an "Atheist" school and oh good gods I'm so grateful.
This book is a whole mood, I'm sorry but Catholic School is in fact Hell, i don't intend to offend anyone but it's horrible... even more if you're pagan, gay and basically a walking sin. THIS BOOK IS JUST THE PERFECT REPRESENTATION UGH I LOVE IT!
Anyways #MichaelBestBoy
I believe in love. I believe in the love Lucy shows me, the kind I’ll try hard to give back to her in full. I believe in things I can’t put into words, but things I know to be true.
I believe in us. I believe in this.
Amen.”
My religion trauma has been healed through a book I finished reading at French Class. I come from a Catholic school, my best friend says I'm a Catholic school survivor bcs after so much fighting against it I finally could change schools... now I'm in an "Atheist" school and oh good gods I'm so grateful.
This book is a whole mood, I'm sorry but Catholic School is in fact Hell, i don't intend to offend anyone but it's horrible... even more if you're pagan, gay and basically a walking sin. THIS BOOK IS JUST THE PERFECT REPRESENTATION UGH I LOVE IT!
Anyways #MichaelBestBoy
Waiting patiently for this book to be released was worth it. I loved every bit of it, from the fluent sarcasm of the protagonist, the perky little sister, the funny rascal group (everyone had divergent personalities and traits, each one brought something different to the table). The plot line succeeded at keeping intrigued and invested from the start to the end, I can’t remember a moment when I felt jaded with the stream of actions. I was completely hooked on. The book truly deserves the five stars
Heretics Anonymous is one of those books I wanted to read from the moment I read the blurb. Not much YA chooses to delve into subjects like religion, and not much YA is told from the point of view of an edgy teenage atheist in a religious environment.
I'd be a liar if I said I didn't see myself in this protagonist. I also was an edgy teenage atheist, picking fights with my theology teachers, sarcastically letting them know their saints were probably on psychedelic mushrooms when they had visions of God. And even though I didn't go to Catholic school, I went to a school where there was a daily prayer, and school trips to church, and theology teachers saying homosexuality is a sin. So as our characters vandalized and stood up to authority, I was with them every step of the way.
The characters were complex. Even though Michael is a piece of shit (I say this affectionately), everyone in this book makes mistakes. And I mean everyone. Nobody is perfect, everyone says something fucked up at some point. It is a testament to Katie Henry as an author that she could create such balanced characters without making them unlikable. They're just complicated.
Generally, I think I've grown out of high school YA, and that's why parts of this book were predictable. The structure of the plot is unoriginal, but it doesn't exactly try not to be. I think the standard YA teen angst, combined with open commentary on religion, is what made this book un-put-down-able.
Un-put-down-able. Huh. I like it. I'm keeping that.
I'd be a liar if I said I didn't see myself in this protagonist. I also was an edgy teenage atheist, picking fights with my theology teachers, sarcastically letting them know their saints were probably on psychedelic mushrooms when they had visions of God. And even though I didn't go to Catholic school, I went to a school where there was a daily prayer, and school trips to church, and theology teachers saying homosexuality is a sin. So as our characters vandalized and stood up to authority, I was with them every step of the way.
The characters were complex. Even though Michael is a piece of shit (I say this affectionately), everyone in this book makes mistakes. And I mean everyone. Nobody is perfect, everyone says something fucked up at some point. It is a testament to Katie Henry as an author that she could create such balanced characters without making them unlikable. They're just complicated.
Generally, I think I've grown out of high school YA, and that's why parts of this book were predictable. The structure of the plot is unoriginal, but it doesn't exactly try not to be. I think the standard YA teen angst, combined with open commentary on religion, is what made this book un-put-down-able.
Un-put-down-able. Huh. I like it. I'm keeping that.
This book was very good. I could relate to some things and those were some of my favorite parts. I laughed and cried and grew attached to the main character. Over the course of the story you could see how Michael grew and how he learned from things. I was very intrigued by the religious aspects of the book and enjoyed how the characters discussed them. I highly recommend this book!
I didn't go to Catholic school and I'm not religious in any way, so I appreciated this book with no lived experience. The most meaningful parts to me were the deep friendships that developed, the appreciation the friend group had for its member's very different personalities, and the expressions of faith that included questioning the things done in the name of that faith. I loved all the information on rebels within the Catholic world.
So I randomly saw this book on my library and decided to listen to the audiobook. I am very glad I did, I wouldn't recommend this to my siblings just yet (due to certain content), but I thought it was really good. Covered some important topics.