Attachments

Dea 2020
Segue 4.5 estrelinhas da alegria.
Estou com crise dos (quase) 28.
É oficial.
Até meu subconsciente sabe disso. E por que isso? No final do ano passado, tive aquele insight de “Acho que deveria ler attachements de novo”. E o fiz. Comecei ontem, e terminei hoje. Foi quando percebi que estou na faixa hetária das personagens, e hoje sigo com a mesma conversa com minhas amigas pelo Skype ou o WhatsApp que Beth e Jenny trocam - com o mesmo sarcasmo e a mesma precoupação sobre casamento (e a falta dele) que elas conversam. Percebi que, como Linc, vivo em casa com meus pais (mas ao contrário dele, não ganho o suficiente para pagar um aluguel), tenho meus amigos fixos (que também vivem com os pais), e uma dificuldade imensa de conehcer gente nova (meu trablho não ajuda).

Então, relemos Anexos com toda a emoção acumulado no coração. Tudo escrito em 2015 - eu xòvem e inocente ainda pesando que terminar a faculdade no ano seguinte me faria, automaticamente, rica - segue QUASE igual.
Ainda é um dos livros mais engraçados da estante - sarcasmo inteligente, com vários pontos amados, mas alguns defeitinhos náo antes percebidos.
Linc, caso fosse um cara que uma de minhas amigas (ou eu) namorasse na época da escola, diria um simples “corre que é cilada, amiga~!”
O cara não queria nada com nada, se tornou dependente de uma pessoa tóxica como a Sam (não tinha como ele saber com certeza na época, mas ela era meio...meio), e não sabia o que fazer da vida. Não sabia e não se importava. O que torna tudo muito pior. Além da superproteção materna.
A amizade de Jenny e Beth é super fofa e bem descrita, e a forma que cuidam uma da outra é cativante.
Claro que o cenário romantico da Beth é de doer o couro cabeludo e matar o tal do Chris. Mas enfim. Caiu a ficha depois de 9 anos.
As falhas do livro ficaram mais evidentes no contexto - Beth era um pouco louca em si com Seu Cara Fofo, num nível tão YOU quanto o Linc. Mas ele era pago para ser “creepy” no seu emprego.
Teve mais alguns detalhes, mas nesse minuto, estou bem feliz com a releitura.
Podem dizer “o que querer”... Ainda dou risadas altas com esse livro.

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Dea 2015:
O que dizer desse livro?
Uma das leituras mais leves, simpáticas e engraçadas dessas férias, com direito a ler várias vezes ao longo da vida, até perder a graça!
Muitas pessoas devem ter criticado o livro devido a “idéia da coisa” e por tomarem por pessoal (ou idiota) alguém ler sua correspondencia/email; e principalmnete, ter a pessoa perdoada por ler o mesmo.
Acredito que estes críticos acíduos não levaram para o lado “pessoal” da personagem, e principalmente a construção do romance, que depois poderia se dizer que foi baseado na idéia de amor a primeira vista das personagens.
Desde o princípio, indiretamente, Beth era envolvida e apaixonada pela imagem de Linc, mas não o conhecia como pessoa; e ele, o oposto.
Por isso, o “perdão” pelo ocorrido é o mais óbivio! Não somos pedras! Qualquer um se soubesse que a pessoa que tem interesse tem interesse de volta por você - mesmo que tenha sido de forma bizarra - acaba poor se envolver.

poderia ficar horas digitando o quanto gostei dessa história, mas espero que haja comentários outros, melhores que os meus para justificar o porque gostar desse cenário.
recomendo muito!

Loved it. Super funny, cute (but not too cute) story of discovering your own worth and discovering a person who sees it too. I loved all the nuances of the way that people think when they are interested in someone and the things that they will do instead of actually talking to that person. Because let's all be honest... who hasn't done some of these things? (Maybe not going through personal emails... but you know you've done something somewhat creeper-ish at some point in your life.)

Cute fun read. I liked Beth and Jennifer's emails.

Beth deserved that happy ending. I liked Chris' own idea of a happy ending too. It's practical but you know. Some girls are different from others. On this scenario, Beth really deserved it. I am glad all went well.

Rainbow Rowell you mad story teller. You like making people be at their wit's end. Good job on that.

To be honest if I read this book before I ever set eyes on Eleanor & Park I probably wouldn't have read E&P which would have been a travesty! Don't get me wrong, Attachments is a great book, but it's on par with every other adult contemporary novel out there. Despite some references to D&D and Kevin Smith (which bumps my review up a whole star for that alone) this could have been any other Jennifer Weiner or Emily Giffin book.

But she's funny. And the book is sweet. She does really well writing in the male characters voice without it sounding stilted or strange. I loved Lincoln and wanted to punch Sam in the boob! Beth and Jennifer cracked me up all the time and I didn't see how everything was really going to come together in a not fairy-tale sort of way.

But it did. And I'm glad I read it.

So cute. It's fluff, really, but cute and well-done and I liked every character (except Sam).

*4.5 STARS. Full review to come.

This is the second book I've read by Rainbow Rowell. I really enjoy her writing style. She does a great job of creating characters that you care about. I will be picking up more novels by her.

Rainbow.... I need you in my life forever.

Very enjoyable little book

I am completely in love with this book. There's so many things to it!! And that ending was better than what I could ever expect!

Short Review: A fun light romantic comedy. Lincoln is a new IT guy in 1999. He works nights enforcing a strict company email policy and eventually falls for a girl just through reading her emails. Like the other Rainbow Rowell in large part this is a coming of age story. The characters are a bit older than Rowell's later books (Eleanor and Park and Fangirl), but still somewhat similar. This was just as good, if not better than the later two books.

My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/the-attachements/

“I think I missed my window.""What window?""My get-a-life window. I think I was supposed to figure all this stuff out somewhere between twenty-two and twenty-six, and now it's too late.”

I really needed this after something as depressing as “Forbidden” by Tabitha Suzuma. I thoroughly enjoyed the second half of the book, the first half was a “wee bit” too slow. I loved the characters, they were so quirky and fun. If they'd been real people, I would want them as friends, except for Lincoln's mom, I hated her. I just can't handle these overbearing mothers, I've got no patience for them.

I wasn't wholly satisfied with the ending. I hate it when you spend an entire book waiting for the characters to finally get together and then the book ends just after they do. I just hate it. I want to see them interact. I want to see them getting to know each other, in depth. I want to read their conversations. I just want the whole experience. Regardless, it was sweet enough. Definitely adding them to my “favorite fictional couples” list.

It was ok.

Rowell's story telling is very engaging and she creates cute love stories. But I could never quite get over the premise of this book. The idea of having someone reading personal emails, granted the girls shouldn't have been using their work email to discuss personal issues, still appears weird to me. Whenever a character in the book would bring up the creepiness of Lincoln's job, I couldn't help but agreeing with them.

That made it very hard to connect with the characters, no matter how cute and nice Lincoln was or how funny and amusing the relationship between the girls was.

It was a quick and entertaining read with some relateable characters but the plot was a bit creepy for me.

How epic...
I didn't start this book with any expectations, I basically started it out of boredom, but was I blown away...
I loved that it was almost not teenagey, but still young.
I loved the email exchanges.
I loved the way they fell in love.
I loved the fact that I laughed out loud, at least, ten times.

This book is for you if you: like stories set in offices, were alive in the 90's (you'll probably get the references), love romantic comedies that aren't so cliche, like Dungeons and Dragons, love the 90's, and if you feel like you can't move on.

I think this might make it onto the list of books that stay with you for a long-ish time. I might be too generous to give it 5 stars, it could be 4.5 stars, but right now I'm still a little too invested and think it deserves 5 stars. Moving on...Our main character gets to know two women, but not in the traditional sense. Lincoln works in computer security, which means part of his job is reading peoples emails that get flagged. Beth and Jennifer constantly send each other personal emails at work, and they almost always get flagged. Lincoln's job is quite boring, and he slowly starts to get attached to those emails, but more importantly to Beth. I don't think there was anything I disliked about the book, I tried to, but couldn't find anything. However, a whole lot of references completely went over my head because the book is set in 1999, so I felt like I was missing out a little. I loved that Rowell showed us the excitement about the new year, and new millennium. I loved how sarcastic some characters were about it, and how others stocked up their basements with canned food. Some expected the worst, others just wanted something different to happen, even if they didn't quite say it out loud. You could almost feel everyone's disappointment on the first of January 2000. I really enjoyed this.I loved how Jennifer's character develops throughout the book, even though she would be just a sidekick. I really liked her character, I was happy whenever she was, and really upset when she was. When Beth and Jennifer stopped sending each other emails for weeks, I was unsettled. But I was glad that they were back eventually. I think I was worried they found out Lincoln was reading their emails.Lincoln's mother and sister are represented realistically and you can't help but dislike them sometimes, and love them at other times. They always wanted the best for him, and I liked that Eve always gave him little pep talks in her own bossy-older-sister-way. I don't completely hate Sam's personality, what she did to Lincoln was mean, but it was inevitable. I thought he should have moved on earlier, 9 years seemed quite long, and naturally I was happy to see him move on throughout the book. I almost wanted him to storm off when Sam just came up to him and rambled on about her life, even though it would have been childish of him to do so. I was proud of him for not reacting dramatically about it, or calling her back. Now, onto the main plot, Lincoln and Beth's complicated and somewhat nonexistent relationship. To be honest, I thought it would be wrong for them to end up together, what with him reading her email for months. I didn't think it would go well at all to tell her that, but also it wouldn't be right if he never told her. Especially after she and Jennifer have been calling him McG/YcG (My/Your cute Guy). Towards the end, when Beth starts moving on with her life, and Lincoln quits his job, I thought that was the end of it and was slightly upset, but it was the right thing to do. I'm not quite sure how I feel about the anonymous letter he left her. He should have known that Beth could easily ask around and find out, which is okay if he actually moved away. But he stayed in the same town and running into each other was inevitable (especially in a cinema, I thought he might be going to the cinema for that very reason, but it wasn't explicitly mentioned so I don't really know). So when they do run into each other at the cinema, it was only right for him to try to escape, but I didn't expect her to go up to him. I thought it was weird, they had a lot of talking to do but they didn't do that then. I was glad that they finally spoke and got all the weird and creepy stuff out of the way. This isn't a proper review, I know. But .. meh? It's a great book, hilarious, somewhat sad, but mostly just fun. It is a quick and easy read, but not the kind of quick read that you can't ever put down. I loved the alternating chapters; Lincoln's pov, and Beth and Jennifer's emails. I didn't get terribly excited about anything, the book didn't have my heart aching with pain/happiness (most of my 5 star books fit in that category), but the story was always on my mind. The characters grew on me, even though it is a relatively short book (I think that might be what makes me want to give it 5 stars). I think I'm rambling. I have too many thoughts on this book. 4.5 stars. (5 because I'm already attached to this book).

I don't read this kind of stuff. “Quirky” sort-of-romance. I think it's usually cloying and tries too hard to be clever and cute. But you know what? I loved this book.

It's funny, poignant, and despite the premise being admittedly far-fetched, honest and real. I got invested in these characters, because they felt real.

Maybe it's not a five-star book. I give it a solid 4 for quality writing and storytelling. The extra star is for how much I enjoyed it.

I finished this book late last night and now I desperately want to read another Rainbow Rowell. This author can write about relationships. And can this author ever write with details. Wow. Loved this story. Gotta find her next book.

In fairness, this is the kind of book that I probably wouldn't have picked up if I hadn't read and loved the author's YA books. It's basically a romcom–it's well done but adult romcoms aren't super my thing? (Not judging those who love them, they're just not my thing.) But if you do like romcoms you will probably love this. (Awhile ago I was talking to my friend Kait and she said something that I agreed with & basically pinned down why I like YA books but not so much romcoms–it makes SENSE for teens to have huge misunderstandings and be drama queens, but when fictional adults do it I just want to roll my eyes and tell them to get over it. Attachments is pretty light on that kind of thing but there's still some of that–which generally seems to be necessary to drive the plot of romantic comedies? IDK.)

Also I just realized this was written in 2011. I assumed it was just a bit dated but I guess it's like, historical fiction about 1999? Aww, Y2K panic. Cute!!

Just the right mix of fluff and seriousness to catch my current incredibly short attention span. I've started about 12 books in the last 2 weeks, and this was the only one I actually got more than a couple of chapters into.

Things I love about this book:
1. Partially written in an epistolary format. Possibly my favourite format ever, when well written.
2. Lincoln. You know, a main male character who is awkward and nerdy and kind and NOT A FUCKING ALPHA MALE. Sorry for the caps abuse, just really sick of the same male character over and over again.
3. A really excellent look at a realistic female friendship.

Highly recommended, two thumbs up. Though, possibly not to anyone who doesn't remember 1999...

Delightful and charming. The banter between Beth and Jennifer alone is worth reading, but the love story is sweet too, even if it has a somewhat hurried and less-than-believable ending (but I really WANT to believe it). Perhaps I'm only saying this because of a major continuity error toward the end, when Beth says she first heard the Sundays' “Here's Where the Story Ends” in 8th grade. But if she's supposed to be 28 in 1999, that just can't be, as that song was released in 1990. A small quibble, I know, but it's getting to me a lot more than it should. It broke the spell for me, I guess.

That aside, this really was a very enjoyable read. Even though you only get to know Beth and Jennifer mostly through their email communication to each other, they felt very real and their dialogue was hilarious as well as believable. I want to take both of them out for drinks (but not martinis). Especially Beth, who shares my love of October:

“October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins.”

(well, 4.5 stars, but I had enough fun with this one that I rounded up for a change)What a fun, charming, laugh-out-loud, sweet read. I feel like I should say more about the book, but that's pretty much all there is to say. [a:Rainbow Rowell 4208569 Rainbow Rowell http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1294709038p2/4208569.jpg] hit it out of the park on her first at-bat. Looking forward to more.