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Ethan Between Us (2000)

by Anna Myers(Favorite Author)

4.27 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0606187421 (ISBN13: 9780606187428)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Turtleback Books

review 1: Amo profundamente este libro. Realmente es uno de mis favoritos. Lo leí hace mucho, lo he vuelto a leer ahora y aún causa el mismo efecto en mí (aparte de un ataque de llanto descontrolado).Es un libro en el que realmente puede meterme de lleno a la historia.Amo la historia, los personajes y el entorno. Esta historia se ambienta a inicios de Junio de 1960, junto a Clare y Liz, las mejores amigas. Un nuevo chico llega al vecindario, Ethan Bennington; alto, ojos azules y cabello negro. ¡Guapísimo! Clare debe decidir a quién dedicarle su atención y entregarle su corazón este verano, a su mejor amiga de toda la vida o al encantador chico nuevo.Pero la historia va más allá de eso, mucho más allá, es más que una historia de amor, más que una historia sobre la amist... moread.Ethan fue mi primer platónico literario, nunca nunca lo superaré.Este libro es de los mejores que existen, simplemente perfecto.Pd. Si lo lees, llorarás.
review 2: Clare meets Ethan at the beginning of her summer break. She lives in a small town, a camp, where most of the men work together and everyone knows everyone else. Ethan and his family move there to get away from Ethan’s troubled past. He’s musically gifted, but his musical obsession was fed by a ghost that only he could see, a young boy called Friedrich (a contemporary of Brahms), who Ethan says was a musical prodigy when he was alive. Everyone thought Ethan was nuts, so he was hospitalized and told he had schizophrenia. Ethan’s revelation makes Clare a bit nervous at first, but then they become so close that it’s never really an issue. When school resumes, however, Clare finds it difficult to fit the old pieces of her life together with the new. Her best friend Liz has been away all summer and now that she’s back, she finds that Ethan has taken her place. There’s some jealousy and fighting between them as they struggle to find a new way to be. And Ethan’s been seeing and hearing Friedrich again. After Clare ditches Liz’s recital to spend time with Ethan, Liz reads her journal and then tells everyone about Ethan’s schizophrenia. Then the whole town has something to talk about. People’s cruelty and insensitivity just drives Ethan and Clare closer together. They spend most of their time with one another and with Motie Ann, a retarded girl who Ethan is teaching to play the piano. Ethan reveals that Friedrich has returned and that he wants him to write his concerto. Maybe then Friedrich will leave Ethan alone? He seems sad at the idea of this loss, however. One fateful day, a carelessly tossed cigarette combined with some toxic fumes cause an explosion and a fire in the school. Ethan and Clare go back into the flames to rescue Motie Ann, and then Motie Ann and Ethan go on to Ethan’s locker to rescue the concerto. They never make it out. It ends shortly thereafter with Clare giving a speech at graduation. The wrap up seems a bit abrupt, but the whole store is only 153 pages long and breezy and ephemeral. Motie Ann mentions that she saw a strangely dressed boy with Ethan, whom we can presume might be Friedrich, so maybe Ethan’s not crazy after all. Simply and beautifully written , this is a poignant coming of age story. Tragic, unfortunately. less

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