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3.83 AVERAGE
which was more culturally significant: the renaissance or 11 year old millie reading this book everyday for 2 years?
I didn’t know what to expect when I delved into this book, I didn’t have very high expectations, but I was a little disappointed anyway. Sarah Crossan seems to be phobic of the word ‘and’, which is one of the reasons as to why I’m no big fan of the writing. I really liked Apple’s relationship with Mr. Gaydon and what poetry meant to her, but other than that, it didn’t touch me much. Admittedly, Apple is younger than I am - I should probably have read this some years ago - but sometimes she feels a lot older than 13 and sometimes younger than that. Maybe that’s just me struggling to remember what it was like being that age.
دو سه سالی می‌شد که می‌خواستم این کتاب رو بخونم، اما هر بار به یه دلیلی فرصتش پیش نمی‌اومد.
دیگه تو این نمایشگاه مجازی دل رو زدم به دریا و خریدمش و خیلی خوشحالم که این کار رو کردم.
این اواخر کتاب به این قشنگی و با این حس نخونده بودم. مزه داد.
دیگه تو این نمایشگاه مجازی دل رو زدم به دریا و خریدمش و خیلی خوشحالم که این کار رو کردم.
این اواخر کتاب به این قشنگی و با این حس نخونده بودم. مزه داد.
very emotional and i totally related to apple in some way
«احساس خوشحالیم جایش را به حس دیگری داد. چیری شبیه به اینکه قلبم به صخره‌ای سنگی تبدیل شده باشد. قبل از آن روز اصلا نمی‌دانستم احتیاج دارم کسی یا چیزی حالم را جا بیاورد. فکر می‌کردم خوبم. فکر می‌کردم کاملا خوبم و کسی که مشکل دارد رین است.»
This was absolutley amazing. I almost couldn't put it down after my friend lent it to me
I'm in love with Dil. And I like that Apple was very obviously flawed, yet still easy to sympathise with, and very self-aware. This book wasn't perfect, and it does fall prey to many of the trappings of other YA novels (like the new young enthusiastic teacher who "sees" the student trope, and the manic pixie dream boy trope (sorry Dil I still love you but it's true; you're not a particularly developed character)), yet Crossan still managed to delicately include a whole range of issues in an honest but gentle way (my favourite being Rain's obsession with Jenny, shown from Apple's perspective, a complex issue I haven't really seen explored that much in any book, let alone a YA novel), and very cleverly used the plot points to slowly show Apple's person development.
My favourite theme of the whole book was definitely the creeping disillusionment that accompanies growing up. Especially when it came to Egan - I had feared that he would just be idolised as the "cool older boy" love interest for the whole book, but the cynicist in me was pleasantly surprised when Apple finally came to realise that that picture she had built up of him was just in her head, and came to actually see him as a real, flawed person. Yes, this did break her infatuation with him, and kinda turned her off him (although you could argue that Egan wanting to get with her mum should have done that in the first place - ew) even though he didn't technically do anything wrong (except the whole fancying her mum thing, but we move), but haven't we all been through that? Haven't we all idolised someone so strongly until we slowly and then all at once come to the conclusion that they're not actually all that? It's kind of a disappointing feeling, at both the person for not living up to the amazing being you wanted them to be, and at yourself for projecting this fallacy onto them and not seeing them as they were in the first place. It makes you appreciate the people closest to you just a little bit more, because yes they're not perfect but actually, neither is the person you were comparing them to. I think that is what growing up is, and this book captures it perfectly.
My favourite theme of the whole book was definitely the creeping disillusionment that accompanies growing up. Especially when it came to Egan - I had feared that he would just be idolised as the "cool older boy" love interest for the whole book, but the cynicist in me was pleasantly surprised when Apple finally came to realise that that picture she had built up of him was just in her head, and came to actually see him as a real, flawed person. Yes, this did break her infatuation with him, and kinda turned her off him (although you could argue that Egan wanting to get with her mum should have done that in the first place - ew) even though he didn't technically do anything wrong (except the whole fancying her mum thing, but we move), but haven't we all been through that? Haven't we all idolised someone so strongly until we slowly and then all at once come to the conclusion that they're not actually all that? It's kind of a disappointing feeling, at both the person for not living up to the amazing being you wanted them to be, and at yourself for projecting this fallacy onto them and not seeing them as they were in the first place. It makes you appreciate the people closest to you just a little bit more, because yes they're not perfect but actually, neither is the person you were comparing them to. I think that is what growing up is, and this book captures it perfectly.
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Loved this book. A very touching story about sisters and family