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Cargando... My Mechanical Romance (edición 2022)por Alexene Farol Follmuth (Autor)
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InscrÃbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I'm marking this book as dnf. I really wanted to like it a lot, but for some reason I just couldn't get into the story. There's nothing wrong with it, it just wasn't my thing this time around. The characters were both lovely and I hope they end up together! I think part of it had to do with the formatting, it was hard to tell who was speaking and it wasn't always clear who the main character was in that moment. I believe a lot of this was due to the way it was formatted in the ebook I had. Take the 4 stars with a grain of salt... this is YA, and I don't usually rate books that weren't really written for me. I must have put this on hold after hearing about the subject matter and had a lengthy wait, because by the time I started listening, I had no idea what it was going to be about. Robots and girls in STEM! If you haven’t laid hands on the book yet, here’s your clue to stop reading. This review has spoilers. You’d surmise for someone who gave a book five whole stars, it must be easy to recapitulate. Well, you’re wrong. It doesn’t work that way with this masterpiece. Heard about The Love Hypothesis? Yeah, this book is a little similar, but cleaner. I was so skeptical about who is the villain when the book started, but the end was so satisfying. I love, love, love Mrs. Voss, and even though she might not be the most softspoken, Neelam is indeed the strongest feminist-zing character I’ve seen in a long time. And Dash and Lora, are by far the sweetest characters in the book. I was secretly hoping they’d date, but Ravi is as good (I guess). I don’t know if Dash really had very strong feelings for Bel but I feel equally sad for him anyway. The Holi scene, OH MY GOD. I am an Indian, and trust me, Indian movies have very romantic scenes dedicated to Holi as their background. But this one somehow crossed any and all record ever established. Probably because I lived it vicariously and it was my imagination, but everything that the author wrote, I felt tenfold. I’m happy that Neelam finally got the chance, even if Teo had to be sick for it. But most importantly, it was the epilogue that got me. I mean, it would’ve been great if Bel went to MIT but it was even better that she didn’t. Because life doesn’t really work all as you wish, and sometimes, you have to leave emotions behind to work on what’s actually important. I was happy that Teo and Bel were still going strong, and I wish they’d do it forever, except yeah, they’re a fiction of the imagination. All in all, I totally recommend this book! I mean, add this to your TBR and read it as soon as you finish whatever you’re currently reading. Adding this to my re-read list, be right back! sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Bel would rather die than think about the future. College apps? You're funny. Extracurriculars? Not a chance. But when she accidentally reveals a talent for engineering at school, she's basically forced into joining the robotics club. Even worse? All the boys ignore Belâ??and Neelam, the only other girl on the team, doesn't seem to like her either. Enter Mateo Luna, captain of the club, who recognizes Bel as a potential assetâ??until they start butting heads. Bel doesn't care about Nationals, while Teo cares too much. But as the nights of after-school work grow longer and longer, Bel and Teo realize they've built more than just a combat-ready robot for the championship: they've made space for each other and themselves. Sharply funny with a slow-burn, all-the-feels romance, Alexene Farol Follmuth's My Mechanical Romance explores both the challenges girls of color face in STEM and the vulnerability of first love with unfailing wit and ho No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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So first up, I loved how nerdy it was. I could tell that the author actually put her time into actually researching what a physics class is like. (I did many of the same projects as the main character.) This continued throughout the whole book and made me so happy.
However, I ran into a few things that I was not fond of. Most of these are just personal preferences and experiences that were quite different.
I noticed that this book made almost all the guys sexist. When I say almost, I mean all. That just seemed a little too much. Yeah, there are some, but most guys won't act like the ones in this book. [To put this into perspective, in my four years of engineering classes that were almost exclusively male, I have only had one comment made by one guy.]
And the second thing that bugged me was one of the chapters that was packed full of politically-correct comments that were irrevelent to the story. They just seemed like they were there to say that the characters were Good People. None of the issues were brought up again.
Even with the little things, I would still recommend this book for those who want a good story about a girl discovering engineering.
Tropes: enemies to more
Content: some language, almost all the guys objected to girls in STEM, quite a few comments there just to be PC, kissing
3.5 Stars
*I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All thoughts are my own and a positive review was not required. ( )