Marina
4.5
Can't handle the cuteness!!!
Actual review:
This book was just what I needed: I was REALLY slumpy and I couldn't find a book I was interested in, so I kept reading 20 pages of a book and leaving it and so on. So when the hilarious Simon appeared with all his awkwardness and the HP references I was head over heels with this book.
The great family dinamic it's for me the strong point of this book: I love how this book shows that with even a present family, it still can be hard to tell them about your sexuality. The family traditions were on point and looooved Alice and Nora so much.
But on the other hand, some friends left much to be desired, like Leah, who was practically a bitch during the entire book and I didn't found one freaking reason for her to be Simon's -or anybodys- friend. She didn't have one good quality that made her likable. She was so selfish and such a brat. Felt like she was just there for the purpose of molesting.
Simon felt so real to me: The desicions he made were what I would totally do if I was in his place. I'd totally befriend him right away! He made real desicions and felt real feels. He didn't make always the right desicions, but he made the desicions you can expect from a 17 year old for sure.
Blue: i wasn't expecting to be the guy it was! it didn't blew me away-he was one of the possible candidates- but surprised me a little nonetheless.
The ending was just perfect: it was wrapped in a nice bow, but it was totally believable. I was just swooning all over him and Blue.
3.5
I wasn't really interested in reading this book, and 3 bucks for a 100 page book didn't worth it for me, but it was free on a kindle sale so I thought I'd give it a try.
It was enjoyable, but too short to give it a higher rating; still wanna know what happens next, so I'll be picking up the next part soon.
Finished reading 7/11/15.
Crying in tears of happiness
“I let myself slip away... Just to stay sane. Just to get through it. And when I felt myself slipping too far, I held on to the one thing I'm always sure of - Blue eyes. Bronze curls. The fact that Simon Snow is the most powerful magician alive. That nothing can hurt him, not even me. That Simon Snow is alive. And I'm hopelessly in love with him.”
Actual review 7/12/15.
This is for sure one of the best books I've read this year and it's up there with Jane Eyre, Mistborn and A Thousand Splendid Suns. This is the second best book by her I've read, having read Fangirl, Landline and Eleanor&Park-i think I liked E&P a little more- and it was just so beautiful.
I don't know how she can make me feel so many emotions with just words but she does. You have made me fall in love again with you beatiful writing, Rainbow.
The magic system was just fascinating:“Magic words are tricky. Sometimes to reveal something hidden, you have to use the language of the time it was stashed away. And sometimes an old phrase stops working when the reat of the world is sick os saying it” “And they become more powerful the more that they're said and read and written, in specific, consistent combinations” By the way the magic works, the spells are always evolving with the language and it's just so freaking cool!
Characters I loved: BAZ BAZ BAZ BAZ BAZ FREAKING BAZ:
He was all that I wanted in a character, and I would marry him if I could.
Penelope: she's totally a character of her own, not just a Hermione's copy. Her skills are out of this world and when she cast her spells I was just cracking up xD
I hated Agatha, the Mage and Simon so much, like I REALLY DESPISE them. No kidding.
Such a beautiful book. Thank you Rowell.
This was an enjoyable read, but it had some flaws that I couldn't pass, so that's why I'm giving this 3 stars.
Talking about writing: tho it was fast paced, it was SO cheezy guys, SO CHEEZY. Imagine my face when I read quotes like ‘Snow-flurries kiss my cheeks' or ‘I've reverted to caveman talk in grunts and groans and shrieks'.NOPE. JUST NOPE. But you know, you always expect that when reading NA.
Talinkg about characters: both main characters suffer from addictions and thrughout the novel this addictions were NEVER romanticised and I really appreciate that, but because of this, they can get annoying and rude with other characters sometimes. But I guess that was intentional, emaning that people with addictions not only affect their own lives, but the people around them too.
Some of the characters like Connor and Rose, had a really good dinamic and were my favorites, so I hope I can get more of them in the next books.
I'm planning on continuing this series.
Oh my God. I have no words to describe how amazing this woman is.
This speech was just... God. Never a thing so short opened my eyes so wide.
The way Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie see things makes me feel full of hope, hope of a world where my daughter will be as respected as a men and gender won't be an impediment for her.
I found myself highlighting a lot of beautiful and thought provoking quotes till a point I had to stop because I was highlighting almost every paragraph.
READ IT PLEASE. DO THE WORLD A FAVOR AND READ THIS.
( I also recommend watching the TEDtalk along you're reading it )
I really liked this book! Very fast paced and enjoyable.
I can't give individual ratings to each novella because I feel like they need one another to really make sense and because of that I can't rate them like separated novellas.
All the way through Divergent and Insurgent I felt like Four was just a character that was just there for a purpose and that was it. Never found him interesting or likable in any way, because he never showed real feelings and the little he showed was just for showing his attraction to Tris, and they are not one of my favorite couples.
BUT, in this book I really get to know him so well! Being inside his head change my thoughts about a lot of things that happened in the first two books. I liked this book so much that I think I like him now (not love, just LIKE). Having a perspective of the Dauntless-before-Tris and Four having friends was refreshing.
The thing I didn't like a about this book was the whole childhood trauma about his dad. It got very repetitive sometimes. And I found the meetings with her mother boring.
But anyway, 4 solid stars for this fun read!
More like a 4.75, but who cares.
I was really drowned in this story, I really liked how Paige make this dark and twisted Oz, giving the old and know-by-everybody characters in something completely different, with a deep and unique personality every single one of them (or at least most of them).
I really enjoyed the fast pace of the book, and it got me out of my reading slump! So extra points for that.
The only thing I didn't enjoy that much was the main character, Amy Gumm. I just didn't buy the ‘I do the good thing because it's the right thing to do' stuff. And she didn't shut up about how terrible her mother was, and how she forgot about her and bla bla bla. Okay girl, I know you had a shitty life, but PLEASE STOP.
Anyway, this was a really fun read, full of magic and bitchiness (wich personally I really do enjoy). PERHAPS it would win a spot in my top reads of 2015.
When I was reading this series, the more I read, the more flaws I found. At first they didn't othered me, but in this books there were so many to ignore them.
The problems started with Isla: she doesn't have any real personality, and i we analize the book, we realize that she is all the time talking about other people sorrunding her and looking at what they do, shenever talks about herself, what she likes and dislikes, her passions, NOTHING AT ALL. So, all that I have to say about her is that she was an annoying 12-year-old girl who didn't care about anyone but herself.
The only parts that I ‘enjoyed' where the ones with Josh in them. I can see that Perkins is better at writing boys than girls. I loved Josh, but that's not enough to give this book a good rating.
Las únicas partes que disfrutaba eran en las que estaba Josh.
The only part of this book that I really enjoyed was the finale. See all together broke my heart in tiny pieces, and this scene is the only reason I'm onot giving it 1 star.
So yeah, this book was bad. Sorry Steph, but you dissapointed me so bad.
'‘¿Todavía era feo el señor Rochester a mis ojos? No, lector. La gratitud y muchas asociaciones amenas y agradables convirtieron su cara en e objeto que más me gustaba contemplar;su presencia en una habitación la animabda más que el que fuego más vivo''
Voy a dar una sinopsis muy corta sobre este libro porque seguramente ya todos saben de qué se trata.
Jane Eyre, una huérfana, vive en la casa de su horrorosa tía y sus insoportables primos, que no dejan de molestarla. Sorpresivamente, Jane no se queda para nada callada (como tendría que ser), y les responde a sus insultos inteligentemente. Dadas estas escenas repetidas, la mandan al Internado Lowood donde pasa hambre, pero también hace amigos y aprende francés, a coser, a pintar y muchas otras utilidades. Encuentra un trabajo en Thornfield Hall, gran mansión del señor Rochester, donde se encuentra un misterio que lo puede cambiar todo.
Personalmente me parece que los personajes fueron el fuerte de la esta novela.Vamos a empezar por Jane:
Es un personaje simplemente sublime, tan apasionada y llena de ideas, pero simple a su manera, pura de corazón, no muy ambiciosa, solo lo necesario.
Es todo lo contrario a mí, pero creo que podríamos ser muy buenas amigas.
Edward Rochester: Lo amé completamente, todos sus defectos creo que hacen que sea un hombre más fuerte. Me relaciono tanto con él, a diferencia de Jane. Su carácter es de admirar.
No puedo hablar de otros personajes, porque además de estos dos, todo los otros se me hicieron muy planos, algo que no me gustó tanto.
Este libro fue muy fácil de leer, aunque no volás leyéndola, el vocabulario no es para nada difícil. Disfruté cada momento de este libro, una obra maestra.
‘‘Se supone que las mujeres hemos de ser serenas por lo general, pero nosotras tenemos sentimientos igual que los hombres. Necesitamos ejercitar nuestras facultades y necesitamos espacio para nuestros esfuerzos tanto como ellos. Demuestra estrechez de miras por parte de nuestros más afortunados congéneres el decir que deberíamos limitarnos a preparar postres y tejer medias, tocar el piano y bordar bolsos. Es imprudente condenarnos o reírse de nosotras, si pretenden elevarse por encima de lo que dictan las costumbres para su sexo''
3.5
Con este libro tengo sentimientos encontrados, pero sobre todo me gustó bastante aunque tuviera un par de fallas que me hicieron disfrutarlo menos:
A veces Mia se va por las ramas y empieza a contar cosas que no ayudan a la historia y sólo están de relleno.
Gracias a esto, me hacía perder el hilo de la historia a veces.
Y además, parece que el desarrollo de toda la relación familiar fue un poco pobre a veces. Me hubiera gustado ver más interaciones familiares y conectar un poco más con ella también.
Sin embargo, me emocioné un par de veces, sobre todo cuando habla de su pasión por la música, la vida y su familia. Fue una lectura bastante rápida. Que nos hace valorar a la familia y a los amigos. Muy linda.
Este libro va a estar en mis favoritos del 2015 sin dudas, el mejor libro que leí en el año hasta ahora, y uno de los mejores que leí en mi vida entera.Me partió el corazón en mil pedazos, para juntar todo otra vez y volver a romperlo. Lo que pasan en este libro Laila, Marian y todas las mujeres afganas me hace valorar la libertad que tengo, y que soy afortunada al no ser abusada, al no ser despreciada al nivel de estas mujeres sólo por haber nacido de este sexo, que tengo derecho a la educación gratuita, al mismo nivel de un hombre y poder trabajar de lo que me apasione sin restricciones por mi sexo. Todo lo que atraviesan estas mujeres es mucho más de lo que yo podría soportar, pero lo ven como algo tan normal, que un hombre las domine y no ser dueñas de sí mismas, me destroza el corazón completamente. Obligadas a casarse ytener hijos a tan temprana edad sin haber descubierto el mundo y todas las personas que viven en él, no poder salir de sus casas sin estar acompañadas de su marido... son algunos de los ejemplo de lo que sufrieron estas mujeres y hoy en día algnas siguen sufriendo. [a:Khaled Hosseini 569 Khaled Hosseini https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1359753468p2/569.jpg] sabe como contar una buena historia y quedarte con ella hasta el final. Totalmente recomendable, una historia para ayudarnos a valorar la vida que tenemos.