3.5

Los últimos dos capítulos y el epílogo me conmovieron muchísimo.

it was so amazing! this is a new type of writing that will make you what happened and why the narrator doesn't want to talk about it. A book full of mystery and sadness but in the end a beautiful story written through letters.

A mash up of The perks of being a wallflower, Please ignore Vera Dietz and the tv show skins

I have a new rule when it comes to reading books: Thou shalt not read two books about suicide in a row. Because the human body can only stand so many emotions at one time. Additionally, one of the books you read will end up looking worse when compared to the other than if you have simply read it by itself.
(So knowing that I read "Love Letters to the Dead" right after devouring an amazing "I Am Here" by Gayle Forman, you should take this review with a grain of salt.)
Basically, I just wasn't that into "Love Letters to the Dead" or the main character Laurel. Laurel's pretty much a blank canvas at the beginning of the book with few likes or dislikes and not much personality to speak of. She depends on the people around her to tell her what to do or what to like or how to act when she isn't modeling herself after her dead sister. Evidently, May's death erased most of the color and sparkle from Laurel, if she had any to begin with in the first place.
Laurel's also incredibly passive. She doesn't do much besides write letters to famous dead people. She follows the few people she manages to befriend around, content to go with the oddball flow. I reached a certain point in the book when I itched to slap her into doing something, anything, on her own.
Another thing that bothered me was the writing in this book. At times Laurel seems as if she has the heart of a poet and the things she describes in her letters are incredibly touching. But at the other points the writing in this novel feels choppy and juvenile. The whole thing is very uneven which set my teeth on edge after a while.
All in all, after the hype I heard surrounding this novel and the immediate comparison to other more successfully written books, I was not overly impressed with "Love Letters to the Dead."

Siento que este libro no ha sido el mejor que he leído pero tampoco el peor.
Al igual que "Las ventajas de ser invisible", este libro está narrado en formato de cartas.
Desde el inicio, este libro me pareció interesante. La idea de que la protagonista tuviera que escribir cartas a personas muertas me gustó mucho, especialmente porque estas cartas eran dirigidas a personas famosas. También tocó temas que realmente no esperaba ver y eso me sorprendió mucho.
El final fue lo que más me sorprendió de este libro, me conmovió bastante.

Puntuación 3.5

1.5 stelline, è tremendamente NOIOSO.

Such a sweet read that tackles mental health, suicide and coming of age. I read this when i was younger but it still stuck with me. I found it really bittersweet and relatable (as someone w depression) .

This book felt very similar to Perks of Being a Wallflower, and it had a lot of the same plot points and types of characters. That being said, it was interesting in it's own right. It turned out to be a quick read, and I seem to enjoy books that are in letter-format.

This is an interesting way to present the material. Laurel is given an assignment in her English class: writer a letter to a dead person. What is a one paper assignment becomes a notebook full of letters for Laurel. It is within these letters that we find out Laurel's sorrows and fears.

From first love to making friends, this is filled with all of the melodrama of high school. But it also tackles some bigger issues like sexuality and sexual assault. Many of the characters are broken, including Laurel's older sister May. May is central to the story here, but I feel like she is not fully understood and that, I feel, is central to understanding Laurel's sadness.

I think teens would relate to this book and really like the content, but I found myself frustrated with how long it took for the plot to unfold (too much drama).

3,5*¨
Me gusto bastante el libro...
Fue bonito ver a Laurel crecer y sanar a lo largo de estas 300 paginas, sus amigos eran geniales pero realmente no conecte mucho con ninguno.