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Cargando... The Book of Love: A Novel (2024 original; edición 2024)por Kelly Link (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. That was bizarre. Daniel, Mo, and Laura are dead. But, their music teacher offers them a chance to live again, if they do something for him. They tell people they were away, studying in Ireland. There is a lot of weird animal transformations, homosexual relationships, excessive sex, and supernatural aspects of this novel. There are sibling relationships and parental relationships. It is also super long. This just wasn't for me. Very odd. A weird, fantastical mystery, starting out with small questions and small stakes but growing epic in a way that sneaks up on you as more is revealed. Really beautifully written, with charming, funny characters who don't seem to fit at all with what is occurring around them—and that disjointed union is very striking. This will not be for everyone. But the contrast between the spoken dialogue of really normal, modern, irreverent, notably horny teens, in a lyrical, beautiful, timeless fantasy, really worked for me. I love a dichotomy! There’s no denying that Kelly Link is an amazing writer with a Pulitzer nomination and a McArthur Genius grant, and her first novel certainly showcases her talent with its intricate plot, broad cast of characters, and her blazing imagination on full display. The Book of Love is impossible to describe — a fantasy novel full of magic, horror, friendship, family, and love, but also stream of consciousness, nonsense, and confusion. At the heart of the rambling plot are three teenagers who have returned to their small town from the dead, and a cast of supernatural creatures trying to make them return. It is way too long, but still worth the work for readers who love strange and magical stories. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"Late one night, Laura, Daniel, and Mo find themselves confused and disembodied, blinking under the fluorescent lights of their high school music room. They are greeted by the man they know as their music teacher, who restores the ghostly teens to their corporeal forms with a flick of his fingers and explains: nearly a year ago they went missing from their hometown, the small seaside community of Lovesend, Massachusetts, and have long been presumed dead. Which they are. Desperate to reclaim their lives, the teenagers agree to the terms of a deal that their teacher proposes. Laura, Daniel, and Mo-and a mysterious fourth soul who crossed back over with them-will compete to remain in the mortal realm. They will be given a series of magical tasks; in the meantime, they may return to their families and friends, but they can tell no one where they have been. In the end, there will be winners and losers: Two will remain. Two will return. But their resurrection has attracted the notice of several supernatural figures, all with their own agendas. As Laura, Daniel, and Mo grapple with love, loss, and heartbreak in the lives they left behind, these mysterious others begin to arrive, engulfing Lovesend in danger and chaos, and it becomes imperative that the teens solve the mystery of their deaths to avert the looming disaster"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Quotes
Every road ended here. (Daniel, 58)
It takes time, but you get used to things. You can get used to anything except for the things you don't know. The things you don't understand. (Mo's grandmother Maryanne, 78)