Ho baciato Shara Wheeler

Paperback, 384 pages

Italiano language

Published June 13, 2023 by Mondadori.

ISBN:
978-88-04-75435-0
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Un romanzo intenso, divertente e sincero, che racconta cosa succede quando rompi le regole e fai casino. E, soprattutto, quando trovi l'amore dove meno te l'aspetti.

Chloe Green ce l'ha quasi fatta. Da quando, quattro anni fa, le sue madri l'hanno fatta trasferire dalla California a False Beach, Alabama, per frequentare la prestigiosa Willowgrove Christian Academy, è dovuta sopravvivere a compagni pettegoli e insegnanti puritani. Ma ora sta per essere eletta miglior studentessa dell'anno, ruolo che le permetterà di tenere il discorso di commiato alla cerimonia dei diplomi. Ha una sola rivale: Shara Wheeler, la perfetta figlia del preside. Ma a poco più di un mese dal grande giorno, Shara inaspettatamente bacia Chloe e scompare. Alla disperata ricerca di risposte, Chloe scopre di non essere la sola che Shara ha baciato. Ci sono anche Smith, ovviamente, lo storico fidanzato quarterback di Shara, e Rory, il ragazzaccio che vive lì …

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It's a petty high school rivalry/love story, so, don't expect anything else. Buuut. I like it a lot.

I don't usually appreciate those marketing comparisons of different authors. But I kept thinking two of them: - "this is like John Green (and maybe David Levithan) but without all the stuff that makes me roll my eyes" - "this is like Courtney Summers, but without all the terrible bad things happening"

It's fairly lighthearted, it has a lot of queers, and I like how the big plot/character issues are at the same time shown as deeply important and totally everyday.

Entertaining

I listened to the audiobook and herein lies my dilemma. I absolutely loved the art of narrating provided by Natalie Naudus. I think I might even have found a new favourite narrator.

Based on the audiobook version I would have rated it four and a half stars, but at the end of the day I'm clearly not the target group and overall - although I felt well entertained - it's not my cup of tea.

CW: Homophobia, religion and sexuality

I started this at 4.5 but I think I'm bumping it to 5.

Premise is that the Queen Bee of a religious school, kissed three people, disappears the night of prom, and it's up to those three to find her.

This includes a lot of queer representation, and shows that your identity can evolve as you do (that's a minor plot point though).

The second half of the book is wildly different than the first half, but I don't mean that in a bad way.

Everything felt well put-together in this book.

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