de Katherine Reay (Editora Thomas Nelson)
Samantha Moore se escondeu atrás dos livros enquanto crescia, por ter uma vida difícil sempre passando por abrigos e lares adotivos, e agora que cresceu nada mudou, ela fala mas suas palavras geralmente citam seus romances favoritos. Ela fala pouco com outras pessoas, mas quando o faz invariavelmente soa mais como Elizabeth Bennet ou Emma do que com ela mesma.
Suas chances conseguir uma vida por si mesma foram arruinadas, mas ela ganha uma última chance. Para conseguir uma bolsa de estudos em jornalismo, Sam precisa escrever cartas para o financiador do projeto, que se identifica apenas como Mr. Knightley, o personagem de Emma da Jane Austen.
Ela passa então a contar sua vida, e se abrir de um jeito que nunca fez na vida para este estranho, principalmente por que ele é uma pessoa sem rosto e suas cartas não recebem respostas. Toda a experiência serve como um diário. As coisas vão melhorando, ela consegue um apartamento para si, algumas amigas na faculdade, um rapaz interessante com quem sai ocasionalmente, e um protegido no abrigo de Church House, que tinha muitos problemas de relacionamento, mas que ela pode ajudar. E ela ainda consegue fazer amizade com um casal de idosos que a tratam como filha, e faz amizade com lindo e promissor escritor best-seller.
A chave da trama agora é que Sam não poderá mais se esconder atrás de personagens, eventualmente ela terá que mostrar a si mesma para ganhar a confiança das outras pessoas. Ela é uma personagem mito complexa e muito real, que passou por coisas ruins demais na vida e criou meios de se defender disso, através dos livros. Apesar disso Samantha tem uma força muito grande de si, e uma estabilidade emocional muito grande.
O estilo da autora é muito cativante, o livro é contado só pelas cartas de Samantha e isso me preocupou um pouco no começo. Eu imaginava que ela não seria capaz de desenvolver a história toda deste ponto de vida, mas surpreendentemente é tão bom quanto um romance corrido, o que mostra o talento de Katherine Reay.
As citações a livros clássicos são ótimas, muitas eu consegui identificar da obra de Jane Austen, e alguns passei a conhecer. Dei muita risada e me emocionei também com a história, mas fiquei um pouco decepcionada com o fim, acho que poderia ter sido desenvolvido de uma maneira diferente e mas elaborada, explicando melhor as sensações e intenções dos personagens. Mas isso não estragou o que Dear Mr. Knightley é: um excelente livro, que faz referência a alguns dos melhores livros já escritos.
Agora em inglês, como pede o Booksneeze:
Dear Mr. Knightley, by Katherine Reay
Samantha
Moore hid behind books while growing up, because she had difficult life ever
passing through shelters and foster homes, and now that she is grown nothing
has changed, but as she speaks, her words often cite her favorite novels.
She speaks little with other people, but when she does invariably sounds more like Elizabeth Bennet or Emma than with herself.
Her chances to get a life for herself were ruined, but she gets a last chance. To get a scholarship in journalism, Sam needs to write letters to the financier of the project, which is identified only as Mr. Knightley, Emma 's character of Jane Austen.
Sam have to teel her life and open in a way that has never done in life to this strange, mainly because he is a faceless person and his letters do not get answers. The whole experience serves as a diary. Things are improving, she manages an apartment for herself, some friends in college, an interesting guy to go out with occasionally, and a protected in the shelter in Grace Church, which had many relationship problems, but she can help him. And she still manages to make friends with an elderly couple who treat her as a daughter, and befriends with a beautiful and promising bestseller writer.
The key to the plot now is that Sam can no longer hide behind characters, eventually she will have to show herself to gain the trust of others. She is a complex character and very real, which went through bad things in life and created other ways to defend that, through books . Nevertheless Samantha has a very large force of itself, and a very large emotional stability.
The author's style is very engaging, the book is told only by letters of Samantha and this bothered me a little at first. I imagined that she would not be able to develop the whole story from this point of view, but surprisingly is as good as a gone novel, which showcases the talents of Katherine Reay .
The quote the classic books are great, I managed to identify many of the works of Jane Austen, and some have come to know. I gave a lot of laughter and also moved me to the story, but I was a bit disappointed with the end, I think it could have been developed in a different way but elaborate and better explaining the feelings and intentions of the characters. But that did not spoil what Dear Mr. Knightley is: an excellent book which makes reference to some of the best books ever written.
Her chances to get a life for herself were ruined, but she gets a last chance. To get a scholarship in journalism, Sam needs to write letters to the financier of the project, which is identified only as Mr. Knightley, Emma 's character of Jane Austen.
Sam have to teel her life and open in a way that has never done in life to this strange, mainly because he is a faceless person and his letters do not get answers. The whole experience serves as a diary. Things are improving, she manages an apartment for herself, some friends in college, an interesting guy to go out with occasionally, and a protected in the shelter in Grace Church, which had many relationship problems, but she can help him. And she still manages to make friends with an elderly couple who treat her as a daughter, and befriends with a beautiful and promising bestseller writer.
The key to the plot now is that Sam can no longer hide behind characters, eventually she will have to show herself to gain the trust of others. She is a complex character and very real, which went through bad things in life and created other ways to defend that, through books . Nevertheless Samantha has a very large force of itself, and a very large emotional stability.
The author's style is very engaging, the book is told only by letters of Samantha and this bothered me a little at first. I imagined that she would not be able to develop the whole story from this point of view, but surprisingly is as good as a gone novel, which showcases the talents of Katherine Reay .
The quote the classic books are great, I managed to identify many of the works of Jane Austen, and some have come to know. I gave a lot of laughter and also moved me to the story, but I was a bit disappointed with the end, I think it could have been developed in a different way but elaborate and better explaining the feelings and intentions of the characters. But that did not spoil what Dear Mr. Knightley is: an excellent book which makes reference to some of the best books ever written.
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