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Letras De Amor Y Muerte (2011)

by Ty Roth(Favorite Author)

3.28 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Nueva Imagen Colectivo Editorial

review 1: Ty Roth delves into the minds of three teenagers with insight and empathy. High school student John Keats tells the story of two childhood friends that struggle with dysfunction, desire, and death. //So Shelly// is brilliantly engineered and meticulously written. Roth uses the real poets of Byron, Shelly and Keats as character springboards for his modern drama set around Lake Erie. Gordon Byron is the good-looking, confident athlete, Michelle Shelley the girl-next-door crusader, and narrator John Keats is the nerd from the wrong side of the tracks who is obsessed with death statistics. Keats struggles to tell the couples’ story honestly and completely while Roth creatively maintains the integrity of the poets’ lives his characters represent. The book is charming and fu... morell of twists and turns much like the lives of the actual poets. Roth makes the synthesis work—for the most part. However, the reader might think they are wandering far afield when Byron goes on a book signing tour in Greece at age seventeen to promote his bestseller and joins a group of political revolutionaries. Roth wisely brings the trio back together and weaves together a sincere scenario. Anyone who loves the period of Romantic literature will praise Roth for his ingenuity and anyone who enjoys a good character driven novel will respect the complexities.
review 2: This was a rather ambitious undertaking...a modern imagining of the great Romantic poets as teens. The premise is intriguing and the author does an excellent job of capturing the larger than life personalities in a modern context. The book is also written with no holds barred...adults may find this more enjoyable than teens, unless those teens are particularly well read. Fans of this book may also enjoy the film "Gothic". less

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