Jesse Andrews
Autor/a de Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Sobre l'autor
Jesse Andrews is an American author and screenwriter. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, and graduated from Schenley High School and Harvard University. His debut novel, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, won the Cybils Award for Young Adult Fiction when it was published in 2012. Andrews wrote mostra'n més the feature-film adaptation of his novel, also entitled Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance film festival, where it won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Me & Earl & the Dying Girl at the Montclair Film Festival, May 2015 By Montclair Film Festival - NEG_8116, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40220636
Obres de Jesse Andrews
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1982-09-15
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Berkeley, California, USA
- Educació
- Harvard University
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Boy Protagonists (1)
Science Fiction (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 8
- Membres
- 3,138
- Popularitat
- #8,136
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 157
- ISBN
- 99
- Llengües
- 10
- Pedres de toc
- 23
While I appreciate the thought that must have gone behind inventing a whole new language for the world, I found it incredibly difficult to understand what was being said. Perhaps it was due to the ARC formatting, or maybe that was the actual intention, but too many times I was faced with words smashed together and sentences that just made no sense on a first reading. I had to go back and re-read several times in order to understand what was going on, and that just made it impossible for me to enjoy the book as much as I would have wanted to. I also found the dreamworld to be a tad too complex for my liking, and struggled to understand without re-reading whole passages.
I didn't particularly like the characters, but I feel that may have been the original intention: none of them seem to be particularly likable from the start, with Warner (our narrator) being the only one to seemingly make an effort but ultimately being worn down by his dire circumstances and the exploitation to which he is subject. With unlikeable characters and a plot I struggled to appreciate fully, however, this book soon fell flat for me. I seriously considered DNF'ing multiple times, but ultimately stuck it out in the hopes that it would get better. Alas, for me it didn't.
As I said, I really appreciate the idea behind this, but the execution just didn't work for me.
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I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way.… (més)