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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
hated this guy he did not have a single redeemable quality and she never should have spent time with him
it's really more of a 3 1/2 stars. DANG IT! i'd give it more stars, but if you read it through, you know why it's not a 5!!
This book was so good. I was expecting some "miracle" towards the end where he figures out all the wrong he has done and turns his life around. Becomes his own man, just because his father was screwed up does not mean he has to be. I know from personal experience seeing as both of my parents are meth addicts. But no...none of that happens. The book just ends. No explanation. He gets drunk and it ends. Its upsetting. I wanted him to be better but you never find out. In my mind he continues his sad life and dies early because for him, there is no reason to be different. So yes...great book. But the ending left me feeling extremely negative.
“We’re not the Faster-than-the-Speed-of-Light Generation anymore. We’re not even the Next-New-Thing Generation. We’re the Soon-to-Be-Obsolete Kids, and we’ve crowded in here to hide from the future and the past. We know what’s up – the future looms straight ahead like a black wrought-iron gate and the past is charging after us like a badass Doberman, only this one doesn’t have any letup in him.”
Este es un libro fácil de leer (y rápido), una novela para adolescentes con un poco más de peso que la mayoría. Sutter, es un claro ejemplo de lo que no se debe hacer (alcoholizado a los 18 e incapaz de comprometerse con su propio futuro) y al mismo tiempo es un personaje que resulta entrañable (a pesar de lo imbécil que es en algunas partes). Para mí, lo que hace este libro bueno, es lo real que es, con toda la crueldad de la realidad, como toca el tema de la adicciones, de lo difícil que resulta tener que dejar atrás el instituto para meterse de lleno en la vida de los adultos y tener que decidir sobre lo que vas a hacer de aquí a cinco años. No es sólo una historia más de amor adolescente, sino que va a temas más profundos y complejos. Aunque he de confesar que me gustó más el final de la peli (me gustan los finales felices, ¿vale?)
Este es un libro fácil de leer (y rápido), una novela para adolescentes con un poco más de peso que la mayoría. Sutter, es un claro ejemplo de lo que no se debe hacer (alcoholizado a los 18 e incapaz de comprometerse con su propio futuro) y al mismo tiempo es un personaje que resulta entrañable (a pesar de lo imbécil que es en algunas partes). Para mí, lo que hace este libro bueno, es lo real que es, con toda la crueldad de la realidad, como toca el tema de la adicciones, de lo difícil que resulta tener que dejar atrás el instituto para meterse de lleno en la vida de los adultos y tener que decidir sobre lo que vas a hacer de aquí a cinco años. No es sólo una historia más de amor adolescente, sino que va a temas más profundos y complejos. Aunque he de confesar que me gustó más el final de la peli (me gustan los finales felices, ¿vale?)
This book deserves for stars than is has. This book was so amazing a perfect!
The ending was so depressing. I wanted Aimee and him to make a life together, but I love how much Sutter changed throughout the book.
The ending was so depressing. I wanted Aimee and him to make a life together, but I love how much Sutter changed throughout the book.
De film had ikal gezien, tijdens het filmfestival van Gent in 2013, en ik was er toen zeer over te spreken. Ik wou de herinnering aan de film niet in de weg laten lopen van het boek, en daarom heb ik meer dan een jaar gewacht om het boek te lezen. Het boek ontgoochelt niet. Het is behoorlijk verschillend van de film, meer uitgebreid, meer diepgang, maar beide complementeren elkaar. Tijd om de film opnieuw te zien.
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Spectacular Now is almost like a John Green book. Witty, clever, with a male protagonist who seemed precocious but is held back by his insecurity. Sutter Keely is smart and passionate, no doubt about it, but he is still fighting the resentment he has towards his father. He is still vulnerable, finding solace in whisky and "fun" adventures. His shenanigans led him to Aimee, who led him to be more selfless, and this brilliant coming-of-age novel does not disappoint. It is quite spectacular.
Tharp's book about Sutter Keely, infamous party boy who meets a girl he tries to give a backbone, is a truly amazingly written book. The character development, even for the most minor characters, is excellent, true to life, and so nicely executed that I almost found myself really believing all of these people exist. Hell, maybe they do. My one disappointment in the book is the ending--it's sad. Not tragically sad, but in a way that made me tear up a little for old Sutter. Throughout the book, he did grow--he grew to love a girl enough to know he wasn't good for her. But, he didn't grow in a way that gave him any confidence in himself, in his ability to do another person good by being there with that person. True, that's life. People don't always change the way we want them to. While satisfying, the book left me feeling a little depressed for Sutter, though extremely hopeful that he wouldn't turn out like his dad.