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See allNo soy un fan en particular de Stephen King. Sé lo mismo de él que la mayoría: que es un escritor prolífico con historias icónicas de adaptación fácil y mediática a la gran pantalla (y pequeña). Pero leer este libro es lo más cerca de estar con el escritor en cuestión sentado en una mesa y teniendo una charla reveladora y relajada sobre su vida y el oficio (estrechamente entrelazadas, aunque, supongo, que el propósito del libro te ofrece una perspectiva sesgada al respecto). Su talento es tal que leerlo es casi como estar leyendo ficción, y lo recomendaría incluso a aquellos lectores que normalmente no se acercarían a este tipo de libros. Muy disfrutable. De algún modo, consigue que sus palabras vayan más allá de lo que significa ser escritor y hablen, un poquito, de lo que significa (en especial para él) ser feliz y también, en segundo lugar pero en mayor medida, del amor.
Adam Silvera has a particular and insistent obsession with breaking the reader's heart in his books. Worst thing is, I'm still interested in reading more of his novels.
The intricacy of this work is mesmerising, only slightly tainted by its extensive religious universe leaded by the Fremen (the most tedious parts to go through, with all the ridiculously numerous rituals).
I started the saga with the third book, which was difficult to put down. I must have been between 6 and 8 years when I was gifted the first book, and I tried to read it many times but I rarely went over the first few pages. And through the years I said to myself “okay, let's do this, let's read it once and for all”. Long story short, it took me around 20 years, give or take. Definitely the most childish book of the saga, but that's part of its power, isn't it? We grew with the characters and the story, book by book. I guess that's the most magical thing about it.
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Me ha alucinado esta lectura. No sabía muy bien qué esperar al leer la sinopsis, no parecía un thriller, pero tampoco no dejaba de parecerlo. La cosa no mejora cuando abres el libro y está contado a través de varios formatos epistolares, y la voz principal de la hija de la protagonista, Bee. Pero no por ello dejó de fascinarme, página tras página, a pesar de que, como la protagonista que da nombre al libro, no sabía hacia donde iba. Inteligente, cautivador, fresco y sorprendente, este libro me ha maravillado y me ha entregado una de las lecturas más fascinantes y satisfactorias del verano. 10/10
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I was blown away by this reading. I didn't quite know what to expect when I read the synopsis, it didn't sound like a thriller, but it didn't stop sounding like one either. It doesn't get any better when you open the book and it's told through various epistolary formats, and the main voice of the main character's daughter, Bee. But it didn't fail to fascinate me, page after page, even though, like the protagonist after whom the book is named, I didn't know where I was going. Intelligent, captivating, fresh and surprising, this book blew me away and delivered one of the most fascinating and satisfying reads of the summer. 10/10