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Jake Simonsen : Seul Au Monde (2014)

by Emmy Laybourne(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Hachette Jeunesse

review 1: Este libro sólo me dio ganas de matar a Jake. En el primer libro, a pesar de todas sus estupideces y su cobardía, me caía bien. Pero en este 1.5 demuestra cuan cobarde es. Parece como si no se diera cuenta de todo lo que paso. También me hizo darme cuenta cuan mentira es que Jake "ama" a Astrid y cuan mentira es que Astrid "ama" a Jake. Dean tenía razón, para Jake Astrid es puro sexo. También me di cuenta que Astrid no merece a Dean, en el primer libro ella se me había hecho indiferente, pero en este 1.5 demuestra que es una idiota. No puedo creer que Dean de su vida por esta chica y que ella sólo lo utilice. Y esta nueva chica, Lindsay, también una estúpida. Igual se que la autora escribió esto para que sepamos porque Jake hizo lo que hizo. Y, no siento que l... morea autora quiera que sintamos pena por Jake. Quiere que veamos como ve él todo lo que esta pasando. Por más estúpido que sea, es la verdad. De alguna manera, hubiera sido idiota que Jake tomara todo con seriedad, como Alex, Niko, Dean y Josie. Es la diferencia de los personajes. Jake siempre tuvo todo lo que quiso, no entiende porque ahora no lo puede tener. Siempre va a ver gente idiota que sigue pensando en lo superficial hasta cuando perdió todo. Ese es Jake. Spoiler. Hay una frase que dice Jake. No me la acuerdo exactamente. Dice que preferiría ser sangre tipo A, tipo AB o sangre tipo O antes de ser sangre tipo B. A los de sangre tipo B les pasa que tiene problemas reproductivos. Jake dice que eso es una mierda porque le saco lo que era su vida: el sexo. Casi mato a todo el mundo al leer eso. JAKE ANDA A LA CONCHA DE TU VIEJA.
review 2: Jake and the Other Girl picks up Jake's story after he leaves the Monument 14. We get inside his head and learn why he left Astrid, the popular girl who is pregnant with his baby. Jake has issues. His blood type has left him impotent, a fate worse than death for a boy like Jake. When he stumbles upon a girl he knows from school, a girl he knows intimately, he hopes she'll stir something in him.But they're not alone, and once again Jake will have to make a decision to stay or go. Jake and the Other Girl is a nice bridge between Monument 14 and Sky on Fire. It fills in some blanks and shows us what drives Jake. He becomes a little more likeable once we understand him. Sure, he's still a putz, but he's a tolerable putz.PlotIt's a short story, only 26 pages, so the plot isn't meaty or deep, but it does move the story forward, providing additional pieces to the puzzle of what happened outside the Greenway where the Monument 14 have been holed up. Its primary function is to develop Jake's character, which it does nicely.CharactersOnly three characters are in Jake and the Other Girl. One being Jake, the other is well, the Other Girl, also known as Lindsey, and Lindsey's father, who has the same aggressive blood type as Astrid and Dean. Lindsey is only 15 and Jake is 18 which makes their physical relationship ten kids of wrong, but it shows us so much more about Jake's character than if she'd been older.Jake is a piece of work. He's immature, selfish, and pretty much only thinks about sex and drugs. But there is more to Jake than that. Emmy Laybourne has actually crafted a fascinating character in Jake. He seems like a stereotype, and yet, there is more to him than the just the drug-taking star athlete who knocks up the most popular girl in school. He's a cliche and yet he's not. All presented in just 26 pages.Bottom LineThis is really Jake's story and while it doesn't absolve him of his sins, it helps us understand the Jake we never knew. And that's a good thing. less

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