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Porque és Minha, Beth Kery [Opinião]
Título Original: Because You Are Mine
Autoria: Beth Kery
Editora: Saída de Emergência
Nº. Páginas: 299
Tradução: Teresa
Martins de Carvalho & Nanci Marcelino
Sinopse:
No instante em que Francesca e Ian se conhecem, a atração
é mútua; uma carga requintadamente física incendeia ambos. Para Ian, ela é o
tipo de mulher a que ele não resiste: inocente e pura. Para Francesca, ele é o
tipo de homem que ela mais teme e deseja: sombrio, extremo, autoritário, e
interdito. O que se passa entre eles não pode ser ignorado — apenas acatado,
evoluindo para um inevitável vínculo.
De um jato particular para um interlúdio em Paris, de um ousado encontro num museu público para a intimidade de um hotel de luxo, Francesca e Ian estão um com o outro sempre que o desejo se torna premente. Mas à medida que a relação deles fica mais intensa, Francesca descobre algo a respeito de Ian — e dela própria — que altera para sempre o jogo e os jogadores. É algo com que eles nunca contaram, algo que lhes faz girar as vidas, delirantemente fora de controlo…
De um jato particular para um interlúdio em Paris, de um ousado encontro num museu público para a intimidade de um hotel de luxo, Francesca e Ian estão um com o outro sempre que o desejo se torna premente. Mas à medida que a relação deles fica mais intensa, Francesca descobre algo a respeito de Ian — e dela própria — que altera para sempre o jogo e os jogadores. É algo com que eles nunca contaram, algo que lhes faz girar as vidas, delirantemente fora de controlo…
Opinião:
É palpável a febre que ainda
gira em torno do género erótico, e seja ele um romance histórico ou contemporâneo,
a curiosidade e o desejo são tais que continua a ser bastante difícil resistir
a mais um folhear de páginas sedutor. Ultimamente, admito muitos serem os
livros, dentro deste estilo, a passarem-me pelas mãos, mas é com agradável
surpresa e espanto que constato que, de entre esses tantos, existem outros
quantos que se destacam por alguma particularidade em especial—seja o enredo,
uma ou outra personagem, ou, simplesmente, a escrita.
Porque
és Minha trata-se de uma
narrativa encantadoramente luxuriosa que, de forma sublime, conjuga uma certa e
muito apreciada dose de romance amoroso com a selvajaria que o desejo
incompreendido e a fome desenfreada pode originar. Não se tratando de uma história
que oferece grandes novidades ao género, este é um livro que evidencio pelo
cuidado descritivo e pelos diálogos, muitas vezes, inteligentes.
Beth Kery não só foi uma
estreia em absoluto, como também uma surpresa extremamente deliciosa. Em nada
esperava encontrar um enredo bem construído e delineado, com uma junção exímia
de oito pequenas «histórias» a partilhar as atenções com um casal de
protagonistas que, embora um tanto ou quanto semelhante a tantos outros, ainda
assim se consegue distinguir individualmente—e em conjunto.
Narrativamente falando, são os
pequenos mas ultra intensos momentos de perdição e rendição um ao outro o
elemento que, efectivamente, cativa o leitor e o impulsiona a um virar de páginas
quase compulsivo. No entanto, estamos perante uma trama que se mostra algo
previsível—o que não é, de todo e neste caso em específico, algo negativo,
visto a beleza dos locais que o casal visita e a gradual confidência e conforto
que se vai gerando entre os dois ser o que verdadeiramente capta a atenção do
leitor, permitindo a este apreciar a qualidade do desenvolvimento e crescimento
tanto de Ian e Francesca como da própria história em si.
Enquanto uma das personagens
principais, gostei imenso de Francesca. Ela é destemida, corajosa e não tem
medo de fincar o pé e negar o que seja a Ian se essa acção não for, por
inteiro, do seu agrado e vontade. Acredito que esta qualidade decisiva e
puramente individualista seja algo que vá agradar a muitos leitores pois, contrariamente
ao esperado, Francesca é uma interveniente segura e completa em termos de
personalidade, não deixando de ser submissa no quarto mas sempre, sempre, sem
perder os traços que a tornam única. Quanto a Ian, este foi, igualmente, uma
figura poderosa, muito ao estilo do dominador comum neste tipo de narrativa,
mas com a particularidade de ser um pouco mais intenso, mais apaixonante, mais
impulsivo e soberano que os seus demais.
Não se tratando do género de
romance propício a todo e qualquer leitor, principalmente tendo em conta o tipo
de linguagem crua e explícita que expressa, ainda assim esta é uma obra
peculiarmente interessante e que, com o avançar de «livro para livro», vai
mantendo o seu público expectante relativamente à abertura de Ian para um
relacionamento futuro e à persistência de Francesca perante um amor que se
avizinha do mais difícil e sofrível possível.
Quanto a mim, esta não foi uma
leitura que se mostrou fácil e simples desde o começo, contudo, foi uma obra
que me conquistou gradualmente com o avançar da narrativa, e que me foi
prendendo ao relacionamento do casal e às pequenas histórias secundárias que
iam surgindo aqui e ali. Destaco, com especial fervor, o passado de Ian
relativamente ao estado mental da mãe, e a amizade de Davie que, embora nem
sempre usufruindo de uma presença assídua, ainda assim se fez sentir ao longo
de todo o livro.
Uma boa aposta por parte da Saída
de Emergência, num romance que é muito mais do que uma capa bonita e uma
sinopse atraente. Apesar de tudo, das atribulações iniciais e do tipo de história
«já conhecido», gostei.
domingo, 10 de março de 2013
Adding to the Pile (3)
*Vénia* *Vénia*
Ainda nem acredito que este menino chegou, finalmente, à sua nova casa. Depois de um prolongado namoro virtual, e de um encontro breve e pessoal além fronteiras, eis que WOOL me toca à campainha, com um fervor único, e me diz: «Honey, I'm home!», e oh, se estás, meu querido!
Estou mortinha por lhe pegar e acho que a edição em si está absolutamente divinal. *.*
sábado, 9 de março de 2013
Pedacinho picks... Planeta Manuscrito
Dúvidas não restam de que o romance erótico—seja ele histórico ou contemporâneo—é o género por excelência, o que está actualmente na moda, e, como tal, foi quase obrigatória a opção e a vontade de escolher este romance em particular como o mais expectante e apetecível do mês. A capa é lindíssima—na minha humilde opinião—e o currículo literário da autora inteiramente invejável, por isso, a curiosidade tinha de estar em alta, certo?! Um bloquinho de notas, uma pulseira sugestiva e uma caixa secreta depois, esta é uma das escolhas de Março da Pedacinho, com carimbo Planeta Manuscrito
S.E.C.R.E.T.
Sinopse:
A vida de Cassie Robichaud está cheia de tristeza e solidão desde que o marido morreu. É empregada de mesa no Café Rose, em Nova Orleães, e dorme todas as noites num apartamento de um só quarto, na companhia de um gato. Porém, quando descobre um diário deixado no café por uma mulher misteriosa, o seu mundo muda para sempre. O diário, cheio de confissões explícitas, choca-a e fascina-a ao mesmo tempo e acaba por levá-la ao S.E.C.R.E.T., uma sociedade secreta que se dedica a ajudar mulheres a realizar as suas fantasias sexuais mais loucas e íntimas.
Cassia acaba por mergulhar numa electrizante jornada de dez passos, durante a qual tem uma série de fantasias arrebatadoras com homens deslumbrantes, que a fazem despertar e a saciam. Assim que se liberta das suas inibições, Cassie ganha uma nova confiança e transforma-se, conseguindo a coragem necessária para levar uma vida apaixonada.
Segundo Passo: Coragem
Terceiro Passo: Confiança
Quarto Passo: Generosidade
Quinto Passo: Ousadia
Sexto Passo: Convicção
Sétimo Passo: Curiosidade
Oitavo Passo: Bravura
Nono Passo: Exuberância
Décimo Passo: Decisão
Sobre a autora:
L. Marie Adeline é o pseudónimo de uma reconhecida escritora e produtora de televisão canadiana, Lisa Gabriele.
quarta-feira, 6 de março de 2013
Variant, Robison Wells [Review]
Author: Robison Wells
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages: 373
Format: Paperback
Description:
Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life.
He was wrong.
Now he's trapped in a school that's surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive.
Where breaking the rules equals death.
But when Benson stumbles upon the school's real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape—his only real hope for survival—may be impossible.
Review:
The talent runs in the family,
that’s for sure! I remember prior to reading this book, I had read and loved I
Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells, so finding out that these two wonderful
writers are in fact brothers was surprising to the point that I never thought
that I could enjoy both styles of writing so much. You know that type of book
that you just can’t stop reading or be surprised by it? Variant is exactly like
that and much, much more.
I can’t precise what was that
attracted me to this book, but all I could do once I had it in my hands was to
read it and read it and read it a bit more. The plot is remarkably mysterious
right in the first pages, so if you like Benson and are curious about why he
wants to run away so fervidly, this sure is a book that is going to make you go
crazy of anxiety from start to end. It was very intelligent of Wells to pick as
his novel’s background an immensely restrict and limited world, instead of
going all the way of creating an ultimately new dystopian environment like many
other authors of the genre do, so this way we was able to focus is attention on
creating an incredibly twisted, bizarre and suspicious atmosphere to what is
the centre of his characters wishes and conflicts—the Maxfield Academy.
Undoubtedly, this is an odd place to be, guarded by both video cameras and a
large group of students who somehow form an alliance against all others. There
are three gangs in this school, the ones who take care of everything and are
responsible for correcting what is out of place, the ones who enjoy creating
chaos and the ones who are neither. Benson is a Variant, which means he is
himself. He knows something is deeply wrong with the school and with the people
who are in it, and soon realizes it was a mistake to accept that scholarship.
But what are the secrets kept in between walls?
I liked Benson, a lot. I found
him to be the exact type of male protagonist I appreciate the most. He is
curious but conscious of his limits, he is tough but also knows how to be
protective, and he is not scared of going against everyone and everything if
that’s what he truly believes to be the right thing to do. That’s why he’s the
one who gets more surprised about it, that’s why he’s the one who won’t know in
who to trust and confide.
This book’s best asset surely is
its easy writing and the ambience that Wells created. I never saw it coming, I
admit. I knew this was a dystopian novel but no one could have prepared me for
all the questions and all the doubts and all the nervousness. And the coolest thing
about it is that even when I though I finally knew what was going on and
nothing else could ever surprise me, bamb!, new twist! That ending was
absolutely to die for. What a cliffhanger. What a gigantic number of questions
twirling around. What a torture to an avid reader like me!
Variant is an outstanding
reading and the kind of book that leaves a lot of doors open to its
continuation. I haven’t read Feedback yet but I can only hope for Wells to have
picked the right paths to follow. A lot can happen after this first book and
all I want is an equally interesting, exciting and complete page-turner reading—it's not too much to ask, right?
terça-feira, 5 de março de 2013
Wintergirls, Laurie Halse Anderson [Review]
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher: Speak
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Description:
Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest. But then Cassie suffers the ultimate loss—her life—and Lia is left behind, haunted by her friend's memory and feeling guilty for not being able to help save her. In her most powerfully moving novel since Speak, awardwinning author Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia's struggle, her painful path to recovery, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all—hope.
Review:
It’s been a long, long time since the last time I felt like this with a book. And truth be told, I never even thought about the mere possibility of such a story having the power to reduce me to ashes, to tears, to despair, to little, small pieces of myself. This novel is a powerful life in words; is a heartbreaking leading character that could easily be our best friend, our daughter or sister, our cousin. And is that exact sense of close reality, of strong authenticity that takes this book to a complete new level of emotions and rage. It is not good. It is not great. This novel is a lifesaver. Is a bible. Is an amazing fictional story that could portrait any of us. No doubt in my mind that this is one of the best books I’ve ever read… and I didn’t liked Speak that much—which is saying a lot to any Laurie Halse Anderson’s fan.
One of the reasons
why I initially was a bit suspicious about reading Wintergirls was exactly that—not
having felt such a big connection with the previous Anderson’s novel, Speak.
Maybe because it was too short, maybe because it was written in a way I couldn’t
bond, I don’t know, but, for me, there was—and still is—something missing in
that book. And due to that, I was scared to find the same kind of plot, of
writing, of character again in this new novel. But oh boy, I was wrong. So very
wrong.
If I had to categorize this book, I would say it is unbelievably raw, so intensely cruel but in the most beautiful and touching way possible. The writing is so stunningly lyrical and Lia… Lia is such a damaged girl, trapped in an unwanted body, in a haunted mind, that everything she does, everything she thinks or imagines comes out so shattering and broken that soon the reader can’t seem to find enough strength to support her and all he/she wants to do is to help her open her eyes and see the reality of life as it is and not the counting of calories or the wideness of her hips and thighs.
Lia’s voice is so intoxicating! So many times I felt numb, cut off all emotions and sensations, towards her wishes, her goals, but at the same time, so immensely attracted to her mind, to her thoughts and strict personality. I believe she was just a scared girl. Yes, was. Scared to end up like Cassie and disappointing every single person she felt couldn’t care less about her. Scared to fail her promise, to go against her own sick will. Scared of hurting, of suffering, of emotional pain and so, instead of embracing all the good and the bad, she would focus on getting thinner, on providing only a small amount of life, of substance to her body so that everything could go away and her mind, her awareness could be fragile enough to protect her from any kind of anguish. Cassie’s death was the end of the line for her, was the bullet in the gun she has had close to her head since the moment she met her, she met herself—and that is so marvellously disturbing.
This is not an easy book to read. Actually, this book is everything but easy or comfortable or straightforward. I had to put it down a couple of times just to take a deep breath and get focus again, ‘cause it truly is an affecting reading. I know I couldn’t help myself to feel angry at Lia and her parents—especially her father for not caring more, not doing more—but I also know that reality is exactly like this. People are so blind and so centred in their own lives and issues that these type of struggles, of diseases are so many times mistaken as having problems at school or with a boy or even has having a bad day—when is so much more than that.
I strongly believe I loved Wintergirls this much because it was a hard reading with a tough story. If everything was simple and if Lia, as an anorexic and cutter, was a happy and popular girl, I’m sure this book wouldn’t have the same impact has portraying her as so many girls are in real life. And I sincerely hope, with all my heart, that all those girls out there who are trying to fight the disease or who are still in agony thinking that not eating is the solution, can find in this book, in this story, the strength needed to overcome all the obstacles and difficulties. You are not alone. You are strong. Be more. Be much more than just an empty shell.
If I had to categorize this book, I would say it is unbelievably raw, so intensely cruel but in the most beautiful and touching way possible. The writing is so stunningly lyrical and Lia… Lia is such a damaged girl, trapped in an unwanted body, in a haunted mind, that everything she does, everything she thinks or imagines comes out so shattering and broken that soon the reader can’t seem to find enough strength to support her and all he/she wants to do is to help her open her eyes and see the reality of life as it is and not the counting of calories or the wideness of her hips and thighs.
Lia’s voice is so intoxicating! So many times I felt numb, cut off all emotions and sensations, towards her wishes, her goals, but at the same time, so immensely attracted to her mind, to her thoughts and strict personality. I believe she was just a scared girl. Yes, was. Scared to end up like Cassie and disappointing every single person she felt couldn’t care less about her. Scared to fail her promise, to go against her own sick will. Scared of hurting, of suffering, of emotional pain and so, instead of embracing all the good and the bad, she would focus on getting thinner, on providing only a small amount of life, of substance to her body so that everything could go away and her mind, her awareness could be fragile enough to protect her from any kind of anguish. Cassie’s death was the end of the line for her, was the bullet in the gun she has had close to her head since the moment she met her, she met herself—and that is so marvellously disturbing.
This is not an easy book to read. Actually, this book is everything but easy or comfortable or straightforward. I had to put it down a couple of times just to take a deep breath and get focus again, ‘cause it truly is an affecting reading. I know I couldn’t help myself to feel angry at Lia and her parents—especially her father for not caring more, not doing more—but I also know that reality is exactly like this. People are so blind and so centred in their own lives and issues that these type of struggles, of diseases are so many times mistaken as having problems at school or with a boy or even has having a bad day—when is so much more than that.
I strongly believe I loved Wintergirls this much because it was a hard reading with a tough story. If everything was simple and if Lia, as an anorexic and cutter, was a happy and popular girl, I’m sure this book wouldn’t have the same impact has portraying her as so many girls are in real life. And I sincerely hope, with all my heart, that all those girls out there who are trying to fight the disease or who are still in agony thinking that not eating is the solution, can find in this book, in this story, the strength needed to overcome all the obstacles and difficulties. You are not alone. You are strong. Be more. Be much more than just an empty shell.
Quotes:
«There is no magic
cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an
easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn’t matter anymore.»
«I failed eating,
failed drinking, failed not cutting myself into shreds. Failed friendship.
Failed sisterhood and daughterhood. Failed mirrors and scales and phone calls.
Good think I’m stable.»
«We swore sacred
oaths to be strong and to save the planet and to be friends forever.»
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