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Ladataan... Love and First Sight (vuoden 2018 painos)Tekijä: Josh Sundquist (Tekijä)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Veramente un gran bel libro che, oltre a essermi piaciuto molto, è stato capace di farmi scoprire e, soprattutto, capire qualcosa che non conoscevo. La cecità è una condizione molto particolare e capire cosa vuol dire acquistare la vista per chi è cieco dalla nascita è qualcosa che non si può immaginare ma che questo libro riesce a far comprendere in maniera unica. La realtà che si crea nella mente di chi non vede e non ha mai visto è ben differente da quella di chi vede, e anche solo capire cosa siano i colori è qualcosa che va al di là dell’immaginazione di chi li ha sempre visti. Una storia scritta veramente benissimo e che, oltre ad entrare in profondità nelle problematiche di una realtà difficile e sconosciuta, riesce anche a divertire con i suoi personaggi unici, particolari e pieni di umanità nonostante le loro “diversità”. Da leggere assolutamente. I enjoyed this story more than I thought I would. It was sweet and heartwarming. It was a quick easy read and just overall a cute book. My only complaint is I feel like the pacing was a bit too fast. Im glad that there weren't any slow moments but there were a few moments that's I felt like could have used more threshing out and that we could have gotten to know the characters a bit more. Most of the characters felt a little flat. Difficult to stop reading, once you start -- a strong imagining and sensitive portrayal of a blind teenager's integration into high school and opportunity to experiment with sight. I appreciate Will's voice -- he's a regular, snarky, misfit teenager, who just happens to be touch and hearing gifted, thank you very much. A good perspective and great read. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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HTML: In his debut novel, YouTube personality and author of We Should Hang Out Sometime Josh Sundquist explores the nature of love, trust, and romantic attraction. On his first day at a new school, blind sixteen-year-old Will Porter accidentally groped a girl on the stairs, sat on another student in the cafeteria, and somehow drove a classmate to tears. High school can only go up from here, right? As Will starts to find his footing, he develops a crush on a charming, quiet girl named Cecily. Then an unprecedented opportunity arises: an experimental surgery that could give Will eyesight for the first time in his life. But learning to see is more difficult than Will ever imagined, and he soon discovers that the sighted world has been keeping secrets. It turns out Cecily doesn't meet traditional definitions of beauty??in fact, everything he'd heard about her appearance was a lie engineered by their so-called friends to get the two of them together. Does it matter what Cecily looks like? No, not really. But then why does Will feel so betrayed? Told with humor and breathtaking poignancy, Love and First Sight is a story about how we related to each other and the world around us. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Will is a lovely character--I enjoy how he manages to maintain an identity outside of being blind. I would have liked to see him have more of his own interests and passions, but despite him fitting into a character trait mould he was a lot of fun to read about. He maintained his independence and stuck up for himself and others.
I gained so much appreciation for the way I see from reading this book. Sundquist does an exemplary job of describing what it must be like to see for the first time. From the process of recognising colours to understanding the concept of objects being 3D, I definitely thought about my sight in different ways. Even terms like "perspective" are much more complex to describe than I previously would have thought.
I bought the fact that Will is eligible for a surgery that means he might regain eyesight for the sake of the book; however, I thought there was one other decision on a family member's behalf that was irrational. But this is YA, and though I rolled my eyes through the last part of the book, it came with the type of ending that one looks for.
Visually impaired people are definitely an underrepresented group in books, and though I was excited by the premise, I was simultaneously worried that this wouldn't be done carefully. However, I feel it was clear that the author carefully looked at many cases of blindness and formed an experience that was legitimate and gave me a new perspective.
This books gets extra points for bringing forward such a unique experience, but ultimately was a tale of acceptance and romance.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. ( )