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S'està carregant… Black Widow Forever Red (A Black Widow Novel) (edició 2016)de Margaret Stohl (Autor)
Informació de l'obraBlack Widow: Forever Red de Margaret Stohl
   Cap No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.  SESchend | Feb 2, 2024 |    ) TheFangirl | Sep 12, 2022 | I'll say up front that, having read very little (almost no) YA in the past, I really can't speak to its genre conventions. To that end, I'm not certain how much of what bothered me about this book falls within those conventions. The romantic sub-plot, the strong teenage characters coming of age to grab their own destiny...all felt forced to me, but I suspect that this is simply because I am not familiar with how YA works, so I really can't speak against them based on my limited knowledge. What was certainly disappointing to me was the fact that Natasha's character is really never permitted to shine in the way that she has the potential to do. To the contrary, the character feels flat and stereotypical throughout. There's a danger of this anytime a major character is written exclusively through the eyes of a different protagonist, so, to Stohl's credit, she was attempting a task that can be nearly insurmountable (I'm not sure I've seen it done well since Ian Fleming wrote the "Spy Who Loved Me"). Still, more care could have been taken. That care likely could have began with not weaving a such a wildly adventurous and non-canonical integration of our protagonist, Ava, into the Black Widow's life. Her relationship to Natasha Romanoff is so different as to almost feel like a retcon, or at least is connected to a part of the Black Widow's history that I have never read (and I've read a lot). Part of this has to do with weaving in characters from the Avengers films, and I'm not really certain if Stohl was attempting to capture the film universe of the comic book universe. Perhaps a retcon was exactly the intention here, but, if so, I missed it. Stohl's prose is succinct, at times too staccato, especially when there is action or combat. Of course, this is both a superhero adventure and a spy thriller, so there is plenty of action and combat, and those moments are difficult to digest, spinning out of control in my mind's eye as I attempt to follow what's occurring. Again, there's no easy way to write these sequences, but, when done well, they're normally more cohesive than this. Overall, I was very underwhelmed by this book, primarily because I feel like more care was taken with Ava than with Natasha Romanoff, when both characters deserved equally considerate handling. The idea is a really good one, and I would be fascinated to see Natasha Romanoff through another character's eyes, if only the idea were executed better. Or, perhaps not in the YA genre. But that's just me. (  ) David_Brown | Aug 15, 2022 | ) Wybie | May 8, 2022 | *aclara garganta* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Mi único problema es la escritora de todas maneras AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Ella_Zegarra | Jan 18, 2022 |
 *** 3 out of 5 stars Review by: Mark Palm The Black and the Red. Every book deserves to be read and reviewed on it’s own merits, and I certainly intend to do that with Black Widow: Forever Red, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t take a moment to say how thrilled I am that this book was even written. I have been a fan of Marvel Comics since I was a child, when comics cost a quarter. I am a fan of most of the films, though I have to say that I cannot for the life of understand why we have yet to be treated to a Black Widow film. Perhaps the new Netflix series Jessica Jones will help. Until then I will side with my daughter, who received an Avengers backpack, and will not use it because all of the heroes from the first film are on it; except for the Black Widow. If we are lucky Margaret Stohl’s novel, Black Widow: Forever Red, will help even more. During a mission for S.H.I.E.L.D. operative Natasha Romanoff, AKA The Black Widow, discovers that her old trainer, Ivan Somodorov, master of the Red Room, the Soviet academy that trains girls to be assassins and spies, was conducting mysterious experiments on a little girl. Natasha wrecks the program, and saves the girl, Ana Orlova, but Somodorov escapes. Placed under S.H.I.E.L.D. protection Ana escapes, and we find her, years later, living on her own and trying to be just another teenage girl in Brooklyn; except that she keeps having vivid dreams about a teenage boy with a Widow’s Mark tattooed on his arm. Dreams so vivid that she makes detailed drawings of him and his life. Then one day she runs into him at a fencing match, and then all hell breaks loose, as bullets fly and Ava and Alex find themselves running for their lives as both the good guys and the bad guys are trying to find them. Oddly, in the midst of danger both find themselves acting and reacting to combat as if they had been trained for years. And when things look grim, the Black Widow shows up, and the plot kicks into high gear. I’m not spoiling the plot, but Ms. Stohl dives into the past as the two teens and the Widow try to unfurl a passel of mysteries. This book got better and better as it went along, but there was one singular problem that I just could not overcome, and that is that the Black Widow is a secondary character in a book with her name and picture on the cover. Ava is a well-drawn, but Natasha, outside of a few surprise plot twists, is as unknowable as ever. I can appreciate that the nature of the Black Widow’s character is that she is distant and aloof, but instead of this being her star turn she is stuck in the role of an understudy. It would be different if Alex were more compelling, but he is a YA love interest with the depth of a kiddie pool. The chapters are interspersed with faux excerpts from the transcripts of an enquiry into the events of the novel, as some nameless functionary interviews Natasha. It gives the book a bit of depth and gives Natasha a chance to dish out some good one-liners, but doesn't add much else. Action is something that is deceptively difficult to write, and Ms. Stohl get it right for the most part, but never really lands a knock-out blow. I could see the battles in my head, but not in my gut. Ms. Stohl has delivered a solid YA novel, but I still feel like I’m waiting for the Black Widow's debut. Full reviews available at: http://www.thebookendfamily.weebly.co... PremisLlistes notables
Natasha Romanov, called the Black Widow, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D, rescues a young girl from Ivan, the man who once trained her as an assassin--and eight years later she is called upon to protect the teenager Ava has become from a threat from the past--and possibly from S.H.I.E.L.D itself. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Marvelous book starring Black Widow that melds nicely between the movies & Agents of SHIELD TV show.
Marketed as YA but really suitable for any reader over 12 especially fans of the comics or movies.
Interesting use of older continuity in new ways that even surprised a jaded reader of more than 4 decades.
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