Lindsay Smith (1) (1984–)
Autor de Sekret
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Sobre El Autor
Lindsay Smith is a journalist who writes on foreign affairs. Her young adult novels include the Sekret series and Dreamstrider. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Obras de Lindsay Smith
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A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers, and Other Badass Girls (2016) — Contribuidor — 377 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1984
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Agente
- Thao Le (Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency)
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At 30% I'm not sure I want to finish this book, definitely not the series, I'm not caring about the main character yet.
At 70% I found an error: Kennedy's assassination wasn't filmed in color by TV news stations, and I'm pretty sure the Soviets would not have had footage an hour after it happened.
Soviet psychics versus American psychics, genetic manipulation, sort of more of a breeding program.
The romance is downplayed enough that when Yulia is told that one boy loves her it was almost as much of a surprise to me as it was to her. I expected it, but the buildup was pretty tame. I had this most of the school year, with not one person checking it out. It's not Gateway material to me.
Slow. Ancient history for my students. This hasn't been checked out yet this year. Start of a series but can stand alone.… (más)
At 70% I found an error: Kennedy's assassination wasn't filmed in color by TV news stations, and I'm pretty sure the Soviets would not have had footage an hour after it happened.
Soviet psychics versus American psychics, genetic manipulation, sort of more of a breeding program.
The romance is downplayed enough that when Yulia is told that one boy loves her it was almost as much of a surprise to me as it was to her. I expected it, but the buildup was pretty tame. I had this most of the school year, with not one person checking it out. It's not Gateway material to me.
Slow. Ancient history for my students. This hasn't been checked out yet this year. Start of a series but can stand alone.… (más)
Really compelling, fast story with a bisexual Japanese American protagonist (yay for bisexual protagonists in YA!). I think it's a great read-alike for [b:Carrie|10592|Carrie|Stephen King|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1166254258s/10592.jpg|1552134], mixing darkness and anger with vulnerability and fear. I might recommend it to teens who like books that deal with bullying, even though that's not precisely a focus of the story, and I'd also recommend it to fans of the game Life is Strange (and not just because of the Chloe characters, I promise). I can't speak as much to the authenticity or accuracy of the Japanese aspects of the story, but the author's note about her historical research seemed promising.
Netgalley and Roaring Book Press provided an ARC for my review.… (más)
Netgalley and Roaring Book Press provided an ARC for my review.… (más)
Exciting story, interesting characters and a very vivid depiction of Kruschev's Russia
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- Obras
- 20
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- 4
- Miembros
- 848
- Popularidad
- #30,161
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 38
- ISBNs
- 53
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Well that was an interesting sci-fi history mash up!
It was a very diverse cast of characters that banded together to fight against the Nazi regime in this YA novel. I think the concept was quite good but the execution felt a bit disjointed. The story didn't flow particularly well as flashbacks were the main technique for filling in information. That's a good storytelling technique, but I feel they were a bit overused in this instance. I also didn't get enough of a sense of the other world. Overall, this was a good, somewhat intense, story about the battle to stop the Nazis accessing unlimited power to use in their final solution.… (más)