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A review by raquelzc
Cartas de Amor a Los Muertos by Ava Dellaira
4.0
Otro libro en español del año, la verdad antes se me dificultaba muchísimo en leer en español a pesar de que es mi idioma nativo. Pero ya después de casi 3 libros seguidos en español, me siento un poco más fluida en la lectura.
Regresando al libro, "Cartas de amor a los muertos" relata la historia de Laurel a través de un tipo diario en formato de cartas a famosos que ya no se encuentran vivos, entre ellos River Phoenix, Amelia Earhart y Kurt Cobain. Son muy bonitas las cartas, y ya para cuando iba como a 3/4 del libro, empecé a notar que Laurel escribía a la persona con quien compartía en ese momento algún sentimiento, es decir, si sentía tristeza sobre su hermana, escribía a Kurt Cobain referenciando la carta de suicidio que dejo este hablando de su hija, o a Judy Garland y como ella se sentía en el spotlight al igual que Judy cuando inicio su carrera de niña. Definitivamente el libro me mantuvo picada, salvo por ahí del medio que lo sentí un poco largo, pero en realidad creo que fue más por mi cansancio personal.
Fue una muy bonita historia, si sentí que la mentalidad de Laurel es la de una adolescente, y sus problemas pues aunque no me identifique con todos, si fueron algunos de los que pase yo como adolescente. El final no se sintió apresurado, y me gusto el toque de esperanza que se siente a través del libro, puesto que Laurel es una chica muy inteligente y quiere superarse. Recomiendo este libro totalmente, especialmente para adolescentes que sean mayores de 15.
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Another book in spanish for this year. To be honest it felt really hard at the beginning to read in spanish despite it being my native tongue. After 3 consecutive books in spanish, I feel like I'm already getting the hang of it again.
Now, about the book, "Love Letters to the Dead" tells the story of Laurel in a letter-diary format to famous actors, musicians, etc who are dead, some of them are River Phoenix, Amelia Earhart y Kurt Cobain. The letters pretty much tell Laurel's life as well as her feelings. But it wasn't until I was around past the first half of the book that I noticed that the person Laurel was writing to was because she felt she had something in common with the letter's receiver. For example, she wrote to Kurt Cobain about how she felt sad about her sister, referencing his suicide letter in which he speaks of his daughter, or Judy Garland and how Laurel felt in the spotlight much like Judy when she started her career as a child.
The book definitely maintained my interest, just around the half I felt it kind of long and going nowhere but I think it was mostly because I was tired.
The story is quite beautiful, pretty simple, and I really did feel that Laurel had 100% a teenager's mentality and her problems were a real teenagers problems and I identified with them back when I was a teenager, albeit not all of them. The ending did not feel rushed at all, and I liked the touch of hope that was present throughout the whole book, given that Laurel is a smart girl and wants to move on.
I wholeheartedly recommend this book, specially to teenagers over 15.
Regresando al libro, "Cartas de amor a los muertos" relata la historia de Laurel a través de un tipo diario en formato de cartas a famosos que ya no se encuentran vivos, entre ellos River Phoenix, Amelia Earhart y Kurt Cobain. Son muy bonitas las cartas, y ya para cuando iba como a 3/4 del libro, empecé a notar que Laurel escribía a la persona con quien compartía en ese momento algún sentimiento, es decir, si sentía tristeza sobre su hermana, escribía a Kurt Cobain referenciando la carta de suicidio que dejo este hablando de su hija, o a Judy Garland y como ella se sentía en el spotlight al igual que Judy cuando inicio su carrera de niña. Definitivamente el libro me mantuvo picada, salvo por ahí del medio que lo sentí un poco largo, pero en realidad creo que fue más por mi cansancio personal.
Fue una muy bonita historia, si sentí que la mentalidad de Laurel es la de una adolescente, y sus problemas pues aunque no me identifique con todos, si fueron algunos de los que pase yo como adolescente. El final no se sintió apresurado, y me gusto el toque de esperanza que se siente a través del libro, puesto que Laurel es una chica muy inteligente y quiere superarse. Recomiendo este libro totalmente, especialmente para adolescentes que sean mayores de 15.
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Another book in spanish for this year. To be honest it felt really hard at the beginning to read in spanish despite it being my native tongue. After 3 consecutive books in spanish, I feel like I'm already getting the hang of it again.
Now, about the book, "Love Letters to the Dead" tells the story of Laurel in a letter-diary format to famous actors, musicians, etc who are dead, some of them are River Phoenix, Amelia Earhart y Kurt Cobain. The letters pretty much tell Laurel's life as well as her feelings. But it wasn't until I was around past the first half of the book that I noticed that the person Laurel was writing to was because she felt she had something in common with the letter's receiver. For example, she wrote to Kurt Cobain about how she felt sad about her sister, referencing his suicide letter in which he speaks of his daughter, or Judy Garland and how Laurel felt in the spotlight much like Judy when she started her career as a child.
The book definitely maintained my interest, just around the half I felt it kind of long and going nowhere but I think it was mostly because I was tired.
The story is quite beautiful, pretty simple, and I really did feel that Laurel had 100% a teenager's mentality and her problems were a real teenagers problems and I identified with them back when I was a teenager, albeit not all of them. The ending did not feel rushed at all, and I liked the touch of hope that was present throughout the whole book, given that Laurel is a smart girl and wants to move on.
I wholeheartedly recommend this book, specially to teenagers over 15.