Pulse en una miniatura para ir a Google Books.
Cargando... Want (edición 2012)por Stephanie Lawton
Información de la obraWant por Stephanie Lawton
Ninguno Cargando...
Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The atmosphere for Want is set instantly and you can't help but be pulled into the storyline. Some sections were so emotional that I forgot where I was and that I wasn't actually a part of this story. It's been reclassified as NA, which I think is a good fit - it's complex situations might be too much for younger readers. Bottom Line: Stephanie Lawton is a talent to watch for. You'll be hooked. I just finished reading an ARC copy of Want by Stephanie Lawton. I stayed up until 2 this morning unable to put it down. I thought about it all day and rushed home after work to finish reading it. It’s been some time since I’ve been so compelled by a book that I was unable to put it down, so I’m thrilled to share this review with you. The main character in Want is Julianne, a complex, interesting and immensely talented seventeen-year-old. She faces a horrific home life, the psychological impact of which made her a very real and believable character. Her relationships were highly complex, and with her absent-yet-in-the-house father, her mentally ill mother, and her beloved brother away at college, Juli is truly alone. Whisked into making adult decisions, she must learn to fight for herself to go after her dreams. It was the love triangle in this book that had me turned inside out. I was enticed, frustrated, caught up, and even a bit wary, at times, of the direction things were heading. I oscillated between being on Team Isaac and Team Dave, both of whom were gorgeous in their own way. Right up to the end of the book, I wasn’t sure which side I was on, because I had empathy for both men and understood her attraction to them, despite the taboo of the age differences. I even held my breath a few times as she made some tough choices in what felt like a very intense and yet profoundly realistic story. This story opened my eyes to how exciting contemporary YA romance can be. Author's guest post at my blog: http://bookfare.blogspot.com/2012/08/please-welcome-guest-stephanie-lawton.html sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Julianne counts the days until she can pack her bags and leave her old-money, tradition-bound Southern town where appearance is everything and secrecy is a way of life. A piano virtuoso, she dreams of attending a prestigious music school in Boston. Failure is not an option, so she enlists the help of New England Conservatory graduate Isaac Laroche to help her. She can't understand why he suddenly gave up Boston's music scene to return to the South. He doesn't know her life depends on escaping it. Julianne must face down madness from without, just as it threatens from within. Isaac must resist an inappropriate attraction, but an indiscretion at a Mardi Gras ball-the pinnacle event for Mobile's elite-forces their present wants and needs to collide with sins of the past. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
Debates activosNinguno
Google Books — Cargando... ValoraciónPromedio:
¿Eres tú?Conviértete en un Autor de LibraryThing. |
The first few chapters of the novel are hard to get into. The writing is all over the place, the story is all over the place. I'm assuming the author wanted to create mystery and intrigue by revealing the story slowly but it just made it hard to read. I liked this intent so I kept reading and the story definitely gets better. The writing improves and there's more a of continuous flow. That being said, the story is still relatively fragmented most of the way through.
The remainder of the book is 50/50. The love triangle is overdone and the love triangle in this story seems to just be there for the sake of being there. The drama relating to this seems to be put in for the sake of drama rather than because it's logical or adds to the story. Isaac is a stupid character.
But although the writing was good the story left a lot to be desired. Dave was a great character
As a character Julie annoyed me a lot. For someone who is portrayed as focused and mature, her decisions don't always reflect this and I felt it made her character confusing. Furthermore, her convictions lacked continuity. She was all over the shop for what she wanted and thought and did.
I'm not quite sure if I recommend it but it was definitely an interesting read and it made me think which is always a plus. But it's a deep read so if you're looking for something relaxed and chill this is not it. ( )