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La Belle Imparfaite (2005)

by Cecilia Samartin(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

2809807175 (ISBN13: 9782809807172)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

L'Archipel

series

Peregrino

review 1: God historie, overfladisk sprog. Denne roman søger virkelig at røre sine læsere - men alligevel er det som om, at det aldrig rigtig lykkedes den.Historien er god nok til at gøre det, men sproget blokerer vejen for historien, og den ender derfor bare som en middelmådig bog. Dertil kommer, at karaktererne er for uskyldige, for overfladiske til at man egentlig føler, at man mærker dem. Jeg vil derimod ikke give bogen en dårlig anbefaling, for én ting fungerer dog stadig, og det er budskabet. Jamilet, bogens hovedperson, er født med et stort modermærke, der slanger sig ned af ryggen og ender ved knæhaserne, og som ifølge hende selv og hendes familie, sætter en stopper for hendes fremtid og personlige udvikling. Gennem bogen får Jamilet dog øjnene op for, at der... more er andre vigtigere ting i livet en mærket - og det er også den følelse man selv sidder tilbage med. Kort sagt vil denne bog nok ikke forandre dit verdensbillede, men hvis du vil, kan du ligesom bogens hovedperson, lære at sætte pris på andre ting i livet, end det der oftest virker som dit største problem.
review 2: IIIH! I really really really liked this book! When I studied Sociology in New York a couple of years back I took a class called "Sociology 35; global culture". During that course we focused a lot on USA and Canada's relation towards Mexico and the citizens there. Since then, I've been pretty much super fashionated about the Mexican border. Although, this time I didn't read course litterature or non-fiction books about the topic; I read a novel. Jamilet crosses the mexican border to find a doctor that can help her get rid of a nasty mark on her back. To be able to afford this she gets a job at a mental hospital(where she must hide her identity as an illegal immigrant).I had some trouble with the way Señor Peregrino was presented into the story. I expected some real scary monster-like person which everyone were scared to death of(since that's how they sort of told Jamilet he was like). Turned out he was just a grumpy man. Well okay... Although once we passed all that and I came to the part where he and Jamilet started bonding and hear his interesting life story, I started to like his character a whole lot more. As for Eddie... Oh Eddie. I do not care for you at all. I did not get the whole potential love story going on there. Okay, I guess I have read a whole lot of love stories that were much much MUCH worse. He just felt so pointless. Sometimes a book will do just fine without love. Sure, Eddie was needed since he got her the job at the hospital and served as her new friend in a strange country. But love? Why not settle with friend?? Sometimes that's OK!And last but not least; Carmen! I sooo enjoyed reading about her, Jamilet's aunt. She changed so much from the beginning of the book when she too lived in Mexico, to by the middle when she had lived in USA for about seven years and accepted Jamilet to her home. I laughed at basically anything she did (not a mean laugh, I just thought she was kinda cool). I would be so scared if I lived in her house! THERE we have a scary creature, she should have been Señor Peregrino...But all in all, I love this book! I will definitely read more books by Cecilia Samartin, but this time probably in English. Read this one in Swedish and there were so many misstakes with the translation and grammar. But oh well, still a great story. less

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