J. Minter
Auteur de The Insiders
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The Encyclopedia of Exes: 26 Stories by Men of Love Gone Wrong (2005) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
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- Œuvres
- 18
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 681
- Popularité
- #37,121
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 25
- ISBN
- 58
- Langues
- 3
As a rule, YA novels are written simply, without a lot of detail. This book takes that trend to a new level. It is so sketchily written that I often wondered what the fuss was about (it was explained in about two sentences and could be missed). Essentially, the issue in this novel is the visit of a cousin, Kelli, of the main narrator, Jonathan. She is beautiful and knows it, and inserts herself into the lives of most of the other characters, not necessarily in a good way. She's out for a good time and doesn't consider these friendships important.
Many episodes happen to each of the characters but these events are not meaningful to me because both the events and the characters are like transparent film. Hard to see.
Admittedly I am not a fan of YA novels. But this one is so bad it is hard for me to believe the comment on the back cover (by author Cecily von Ziegasar): "It's physically impossible not to fall madly, unreasonably in love with each one of the Insiders." Ridiculous. I hardly remember who they are.… (plus d'informations)