Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories
Ratings32
Average rating3.9
Despite my super mixed feelings on [b:Wonder 11387515 Wonder R.J. Palacio https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1309285027s/11387515.jpg 16319487], Auggie really stuck with me, so when I saw that these novellas were available from the library, I decided to get some closure on Auggie's story. The Julian Chapter immediately took me back to my strongly positive feelings about Wonder: the way in which RJ Palacio captures the nuance of bullies. Not of bullying, but of bullies as people. The way that a ten year old can seriously think “Aw, shucks, but I didn't mean anything by it” as a defense to even terrible actions, which seems unfathomable to most adults. I liked the way that fear informed a lot of Julian's actions, and I liked how his parents were well-intentioned but contributory.As the narrative of the books shifts away from Auggie and the events in Wonder, they lose a sense of having a center of gravity and become very light and fluffy: The Shingaling is a cute little story about Charlotte learning how to make friends across the social divides, which does really capture a tween girl social dynamic, but is more shallow. And then finally, Pluto is basically a plutoid: the shape is a little irregular with story parts sticking out – Christopher used to be Auggie's best friend and there are lumps of flashbacks that don't add much, to the small little nugget of story about Christopher's band friends.
Very much enjoyed reading Julian's perspective, but I was hoping doing so would engender some sympathy for the character. Nooooope. That said, I'm super glad I got to meet Julian's grandmother, who's awesome.
Não preciso mencionar que chorei até os olhos inchar, não é? não, Obrigada.
lindo demais, recomendo igualmente como recomendei Extraordinário. Simplesmente lindo e tocante com as coisas mais simples
J'avais été très touché par “Wonder” du même auteur, et ce recueil de 3 nouvelles qui constitue une sorte de spin-off de “Wonder” m'a lui aussi beaucoup plu. Les 3 récits s'intéressent cette fois à 3 personnages secondaires de Wonder et ne concernent pas directement Auggie, mais on retrouve le ton mi-naïf mi-touchant de “Wonder”. Joli, en tout cas.
Julian's grandma is the only one in the story that kept me from throwing the book out the window. I wanted to slap him and his parents for their lame reasons for doing what they did. These four stars go to Grandma – and only Grandma!