Lilian Carmine

Publicado originalmente: El Extraño Gato del Cuento

Desde que vi el libro me moría por leerlo. (Moría ¿entienden? Es que es sobre fantasmas... no, ok)

The Lost Boys es uno de esos fenómenos de WattPad (¡Yo estoy ahí! Pero nunca escribo nada :D), que consiguió editorial gracias a la gran cantidad de lectores, y como soy así de snob solo lo leí ahora que tiene editorial (?) Lo que a muchos nos daba un poco de cosa leerlo es por las referencias a las escritoras que había en la sinopsis.

No me gustó tanto como esperaba, todo es tan predecible, tan fácil. Nunca les pasa nada y está lleno de escenas que las sentí tan irreales. Ya, sé que es fantasía, pero eso no quiere decir que no me crea lo que pasa, lo genial del género fantástico y paranormal es que esas cosas locas que pasan parezcan reales, y este libro falló en eso, sobre todo porque las escenas que son irreales son las escenas del mundo real. ¿No sé supone que son esas escenas que más debo creerte, Lili? Muy mal, eh.

Es un libro bastante plano, esperaba que el recurso ese del fantasma se usara al menos en una gran parte del libro, pero es lo menciono un par de veces luego pasa algo y ¡puf! No hay necesidad de recordar si quiera que hay un fantasma in the house. Tengo la sospecha que la escritora quiso darle emoción usando un lote inacabable de signos de exclamación. Soy introvertida (rozando en lo antisocial) tanta "emoción" me ha estresado horrores.

Una cosa curiosa que me pasó con el libro es que hice una especia de FanArt. O sea yo, la persona menos artística y creativa de la vida, tampoco es la gran cosa... Pero a Lilian le gustó.

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En conclusión: Es un libro que exagera en lo ligero, no tiene eso que esperas en un libro de fantasmas, no la pasé del todo mal leyéndolo, pero vamos, esperaba mucho MUCHO más.

Reseña Completa: El Extraño Gato del Cuento… (meer)

I received a copy from Netgalley.

After 36% I am giving up. The bit on the blurb that said 'For fans of Stephanie Meyer and Lauren Kate' both of whom I very much enjoy piqued my interest. It sounded interesting and the cover was lovely. I did not enjoy this book at all. The main character is annoying and came across at least to me as very immature and Tristan came across as so perfect it was unbelievable it was getting beyond annoying. The plot was didn't really hold my attention and I found myself rolling my eyes a lot to the point where now I have no interest in finishing the book.

So another one for the Did Not Finish list.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to view this title. Not for me.… (meer)

I could get lost in this book for hours.

It takes me forever to read books over 500 pages on my Kindle. You know when the progress bar just isn’t moving up? Well, if the Lost Boys had been my first 500+ page book I wouldn’t have known. I couldn’t believe how into the story I got. I couldn’t believe how much I cared for this book and it’s characters.

Let’s start off with Joe. Or should I say Joey. I am beyond glad that her name just became Joey in the book eventually because I really couldn’t get used to Joe for some reason. I don’t know why, it just wouldn’t stick. Plus I have always loved the name Joey, which probably helped. Now this isn’t really a spoiler, because it’s revealed very early on, but if you have a problem with minor minor (yep, that minor) spoilers (in fact it’s really not a spoiler in my opinion), do proceed to the next paragraph. I loved Joey’s power, I thought it was unusual and I would have loved for it to be featured in the book more often.

There has definitely been a new book boyfriend added to the surprisingly limited list. It’s a tough criteria to match, alright? But Tristan, or should I say Tris, was awesome. He’s exactly what we don’t get enough of in YA fiction. He’s NICE and cares beyond deeply about Joey. He’s the aw factor amplified 100 times. Aw.

In fact, I really liked all the characters. Seth, Tiffany, whom I was convinced I was going to HATE at the start of the novel (nah that didn’t last. She was pretty awesome too), Sam, Harry (who could forget Harry) and Josh. All the characters had their own cute little quirks and it made them seem a lot more realistic and relatable.

As much as I liked Joey, her hot-headedness got on my nerves. This wasn’t such a major problem but it really annoyed me towards the beginning of the book. Speaking of things to do with characters that annoyed me, the dialogue. Really. I know how teens speak. I AM one. Nobody actually actually says, “Take a chill pill.” or at least any that I know. But who knows, maybe some do. I’m not dissing Tristan’s use of ‘swell’ though. That was cute.

Something that totally surprised me, was that the paranormal bit seemed to only really be a subplot. From the beginning I never would have guessed this. I thought that it was pretty cool that it didn’t override the story. All in all, this story was not at all what I was expecting. There was some elements that I did not see coming by a long shot and some that wereterrbily obvious.

As much I adore Tristan. He had his issues. As in I had issues with him. For a good third of the book. If you read this or have read this, you will know what I’m talking about. There are no excuses. But he must have done something right because for some reason I have forgiven him.

And what is this mythical reason for forgiving something so supposedly dreadful that you hear whispers of in the wind? They call it the loveliest ending I have read in too long.

What I am totally confused about, was what on Earth was Vigil? All I got was something to do with a grey hood. Meh. I ended up liking Vigil anyway and was glad that he was in the story.

There’s something that I have just discovered that I have not mentioned yet about Joey, that possibly can’t go left unmentioned. I loved the way she influenced those around her so much for the better. I thought this was great and I’d love to see another book with her in it.

I was way to excited to discover the deleted scenes at the end of the book. They were pretty good and I’m glad they weren’t in the story because one of them would have made me feel differently about Joey, but if you are a fan of the story, you have to read them. I really enjoyed them anyway. I was glad for the second one because it made me understand this ‘tangerine’ business a little more.

I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a YA book that they can relax a little to and just want a good book to sink their teeth into. I will definitely be hoping to read more by Lilian Carmine.

4.5/5 comets!
KABOOM! That only leaves one continent. One little flaw.… (meer)