A Possibility of Whales
گزارش تخلف
فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2018
نویسنده
Stina Nielsenناشر
Recorded Books, Inc.شابک
9781501990229
کتاب های مرتبط
- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
January 8, 2018
The most defining element of Natalia Rose Gallagher’s life is that she’s never met her mother: “You can come out of someone’s body, she thought, and not have that count as meeting them.” Nat knows she could probably find her mother’s name online, since her father is a movie star with a hulking physique and an even bigger personality (think Dwayne Johnson), but she’s afraid of what she’ll learn. As she approaches puberty, though, Nat desperately needs somebody. After moving from California to Canada and feeling betrayed by the best friend she left behind, Nat fixates on Harry, a transgender classmate with a disapproving father. Rivers (Love, Ish) packs a lot into this story (including Nat’s love of whales), perhaps too much. Although Harry gets chapters of his own, his character is never fully developed, so it’s unclear why Nat is so determined to be friends with him when he sometimes treats her shabbily. Even less satisfying is the mystery surrounding Nat’s mother, whose identity—known to everyone but Nat—is eventually revealed, but not the reason she abandoned her daughter. Ages 8–12. Agent: Jennifer Laughran, Andrea Brown Literary.
Stina Nielsen's skillful narration elevates an oddly paced story that attempts to accomplish too much in too little time. Nat is used to making a new best friend each year. That's because the paparazzi's relentless pursuit of her famous father, Xan Gallagher, has ensured that they are never comfortable in any one city for very long. Now Nat hopes to be best friends with Harry, a trans boy in her new class in a small town in Canada. Nielsen is a talented narrator who voices the alternating funny and somber lines with equal efficacy. S.P. � AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine
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