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Lädt ... I'll Be There (2011. Auflage)von Holly Goldberg Sloan
Werk-InformationenSam und Emily: Kleine Geschichte vom Glück des Zufalls von Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. In one sense this is a typical poor boy (Sam), with a dysfunctional family, meets well-to-do girl (Emily) from a normal one. Their meeting happens in a church during Emily's solo, and the two seem to bond; however, the criminal father goes on the lam taking his two boys away from the only happiness they have ever known and they get stranded in the wilderness while Emily tries to deal with the loss of her friend and attention/obsession of another boy. The ending was a bit too sappy/predictable for me. "Sam Border önskar att han kunde fly. Han har fått nog av det kringflackande liv som hans psykiskt sjuka pappa lever. Men han skulle aldrig kunna överge sin lillebror Riddle som har slutat tala för länge sedan och som istället beskriver världen genom sina märkliga och detaljrika teckningar. Så möter Sam Emily och allting förändras. När han hör henne sjunga i kyrkan löser den eviga knuten i magen upp sig för första gången i hans liv och han vet att han har kommit hem. Det är kärlek vid första ögonkastet och Emilys familj tar emot Sam och Riddle med öppna armar. För första gången får Sam känna hur det är att ha en riktig familj. Aldrig släppa taget handlar om ett livsavgörande möte." keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Raised by an unstable father who keeps constantly on the move, Sam Border has long been the voice of his younger brother, Riddle, but everything changes when Sam meets Emily Bell and, welcomed by her family, the brothers are faced with normalcy for the first time. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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There are a few things about the way this is written that normally bother me-the multiple points of view and the constant switching, to name a few. But something about Sam, Emily and Riddle, and the inherent goodness of so many of the supporting characters, made anything that would normally bother me just fade to the background.
I think that's the trick, at least for me. If an author can get me to fall in love with the characters and really invest in their story, then I will put up with a lot of silliness. Not an infinite amount, but a lot.
I always like it when the adults in a YA book are portrayed as more than props or obstacles, and Emily's parents are wonderful characters. I also thought it was realistic that the teens latched on to their instant connection, but that it didn't mean their relationship had instant depth. Emily, normally empathetic, couldn't see how desperate Sam and Riddle's situation was. People complain about "insta-love" in YA novels, but I thought their relationship was something different. The author spent more time on the love between Sam and Riddle, and I liked that.
And the last thing that I really loved about this book was that it took many different characters, making small but good choices, to
I really liked this, and I'm glad I kicked off the new year with it.
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