entonces, ¿los bloggers/escritores somos mentirosos por naturaleza? Pues sí e.e


Original de: El Extraño Gato del Cuento

Leí Tonight the Streets Are Ours inmediatamente después que Lying Out Loud y me fue un poco chocante pasar de una relación de amistad tan bonita como la de Amy y Sonny, a una un poco desesperante entre Arden y Lindsey, tuve que dejarlo por unos días o lo terminaría odiando. Además, la premisa de Arden siguiendo a un blogger desde su ciudad hasta New York, lo que es básicamente stalking, me ponía demasiado nerviosa.

El personaje que Leila Sales trae con Arden me hizo pensar mucho en cuando yo era más chica y tenía una idea parecida a la de ella, el de estar por las personas que quieres sin importar qué, una especie de cheque en blanco, con los años uno se va dando cuenta que eso no es ni saludable ni correcto, Tonight the Streets Are Ours es sobre el momento en que uno llega a la realización de que no todo es blanco y negro, y por más que no quieres, terminarás lastimando a muchos personas a lo largo de tu vida.

Al terminar el libro algo que entendí, y me hizo entender completamente el inicio y del porqué se me hizo tan difícil congeniar con los personajes en los dos primeros capítulos, fue que todo depende de la versión de la historia.

Tonight the Streets Are Ours me recordó mucho a esa frase de Red Queen "no importa si es verdad, lo que importa es lo que creen".

Cuando empecé el libro, la idea que tenía de varios personajes, por como Arden lo contaba, tenían personalidades que no me gustaban nada, pero una vez que avanzas en la historia y empieza el ahora, te vas dando cuenta que uno no puede guiarse por la primera impresión o solo una versión de la historia. Lo cuál es otro punto en que gira la todo el libro.

TONIGHT THE STREETS ARE OURS

Mi parte preocupante sobre este libro era la de trackear al blogger hasta encontrarlo *escalofríos* Me gustaría decir qué no fue como parece, pero sí lo fue. ¿Has visto ese episodio en How I Met Your Mother, donde dicen que depende mucho si la persona te gusta para que lo que sea que haga sea creepy o lindo? Es por eso, que algunos libros que muchos encuentran creepy a otros nos gustan demasiado.

Leer este blog creado por Leila, me hizo pensar mucho en cómo yo bloggeo. Y, la verdad, es que kitten; no te he estado diciendo toda la verdad *gasp* Pero tampoco he estado mintiendo.

Volviendo a lo mismo de hace un rato "todo depende como cuentes la historia". Y, quizá sea mi lado que sueña con ser escritora algún sumado a mi cinismo, entiendo a Peter. Demasiado.

Me ha gustado bastante como Leila Sales desarrollo la historia, sobre todo por el epílogo, hay varias cosas que no me terminaron de convencer; lo obvio que eran algunas cosas, lo el hecho que Arden sea un tanto ingenua y no pueda separar la realidad de la fantasía en algún momento o el no darse cuenta de cosas bastante obvias, no quiero decir que fue injusta con Peter, pero es que soy de las personas que no se toma todo lo que está en Internet como 100% serio o cierto.

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Se me hizo difícil reseñar Tonight the Streets Are Ours, me ha gustado y a la vez sin embargo hay cosas que me han dejado insatisfecha.

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very forgettable

Also, sorry, but Sonnets From the Portuguese is absolutely not the favorite book of any boy. Ever. I'm sorry, have you ever met a boy? Or read Sonnets from the Portuguese? ( )

Warning: this review has been dug up from the deep archives of my google drive were only the most salty, most terrible reviews get put. I have decided to let it see the sun for once... you have been warned...

Like all stories, the one you are about to read is a love story. If it wasn’t, what would be the point?

With this introduction, I was really excited and hopeful with the prospects of the book, and honestly, it didn’t live up to it’s expectation because of the god-awful characters. Everyone from Arden’s dad to Arden’s best friend Lindsey irritated me.

Arden's dad was a complete jerk, and it's so obvious, yet Arden still defends him. He's so absorbed in his work that he doesn't even realize that his daughter plans to go rent a hotel room with her boyfriend, screw around a bit, but that it all goes south and she head up to New York in a cruddy car with her terrible friend, Lindsey. Don't worry that's not even a spoiler because this book was just... I don't even know.

The whole time I was reading anything with Lindsey I just absolutely wanted to scream and throw the book across the room because anyone could see that her and Arden's friendship really is not a good example of a healthy relationship. Period. I don't care how long you've been friends.

I wouldn't care if my so called best friend was storing drugs (drugs mind you) in my locker and got in trouble for doing what she did, I would blame her. I wouldn't take the blame for her and lose everything up to college scholarships for her. That was her problem. And then at the end when Lindsey was being a complete jerk to Arden, Arden was so quick to go back and forgive her and start joking around. No really, when you have a fight with your best friend that big it hurts. For days. And who honestly would leave their best friend with a bunch of weird people in the middle of New York and just drive away, because they wanted to chase after some boy who they had been reading their blog for months, but haven't even known for a day.

And then Peter. Peter pissed me off so freaking much. For the fist three fourths of the book, he is made out to be a perfect little lonely writer, whose brother has just left him and whose girlfriend has broke up with him. You really really side with him, and sympathize with him. You're on his side. When Arden actually meets him, he goes on with this, until you find out at the end, that is was just a bunch of sugar coated crap. He's a complete rich brat, whose hurt everyone around him and is so blind and selfish that he doesn't even try to do anything about it. He hurts Arden in the process, but then she is so ready to forgive him.

This book was okay, the premise was cute, but the characters were terrible.

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This review was originally posted on Bookish Things & MoreThoughts on Tonight the Streets Are Ours
As much as I wanted to love this book, I just didn't. I absolutely loved This Song Will Save Your Life, and was hoping for the same amount of amazing.

The number one thing was the characters. I didn't care for Arden or Lindsey. Arden took being responsible to the extreme, and Lindsey just didn't care for other people's feelings. They both pretty much used each other to validate how they viewed themselves. This is evident but the first scene in the book. There's no way in hell I would take the fall for a friend in that situation. I don't care if we were like sisters.

I also didn't care for the stalking type behavior that Arden. It's weird, and the whole finding Peter thing was odd too. It might be because I'm much older that I couldn't connect, but it's just not something I would have considered doing.

Even though those two things didn't pull me in, I did like the overall sense of the story. I've always been a fan of Sales's way with words, and it's no exception with this one. She writes beautifully. And the story is always much more than it seems when you start it. That is the reason I will continue to read her work. ( )

This was an interesting book that had a lot to say about loyalty, taking care of others, and learning when to take care of yourself. The characters are definitely interesting although some could be a little more developed and I think the self care message is an important one. Definitely worth a read. ( )