The Last Cuentista
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Average rating4.2
There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita.
But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children – among them Petra and her family – have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race.
Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet – and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard – or purged them altogether.
Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again?
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Maybe its because I have so many other books to read but I can't get into this story at all. I could care less what happens to Petra and the flashbacks to her earlier life do nothing but interrupt the narrative for me.
Un poquito heavyhanded... maybe more than un poquito. Required Golden-Gate-level suspension of disbelief on the science, the character motivations, the sleep deprivation, the health issues that magically just go away when convenient, and, sigh, the sloppy editing.
But those are just the mutterings of a grouchy old man who enjoyed the book regardless. The story is fresh, the protagonist unique, the tension high. (Narration is first-person, so you'd think that would give me a clue about the ending... but okay, smartypants, you read it and tell me you weren't ever on edge.)
Not quite four stars, but am giving them anyway for its sweetness and charm.
Petra Peña dreams of being a storyteller. But her dreams cannot be realized. Earth is coming to an end and Petra and her family are part of a group of people who are heading out in space before Earth is destroyed.
But when Petra wakes after traveling for hundreds of years nothing is as she thought it would be. Unexpectedly, her dreams of being a storyteller may find a way of coming true after all.
Dystopia. Outer space. Folktales. All of these come together for a fascinating read.
