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Klickitat by Peter Rock

isabelle_rosewrites's review

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dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

blankeechats's review

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0


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lazygal's review

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3.0

Is Vivian an unreliable narrator? What happened to Audra? What's wrong with home and Vivian's parents? Is ham radio really still a thing? So many questions still remain at the end of this book that more than three stars felt wrong.

On the one hand, you have Vivian, who has some anxiety (possibly ASD) issues requiring heavy medication. On the other, you have free spirit Audra. They both run away - somewhat implausibly - and then, something happens. Or did it happen before, and the running away didn't happen quite the way it's described? So many of my students dislike the ambiguity at the end of The Giver, which makes me wonder how they'll feel about this.

herlifewithbooks's review

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Teens in the woods!

But... creepy.

phoebebrooke's review

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2.0

2.5
I don’t really see the point. This books wasn’t plot driven, character driven, or even setting driven. I supposed the focus was meant to be on the more abstract and mystical. But I didn’t really get any of that until the end. I found it easy to read, but boring. It felt simple, the characters bland. I loved the pieces of writing from the yellow notebook, I loved the snippets of conversation with Iceland. I loved the strangeness of the end. It was only then that I understood what was probably going on, and it was such a neat thing. But I feel like 200+ pages I read to get there was a waste.

juliabristow's review

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2.0

I wanted to read something that didn't require a lot of brainpower for a change, but I think this one did the job a little too well. For such a simple read, the ending was beyond confusing and left little to nothing explained. On top of that, none of the characters were developed enough for their motivations to make sense. Maybe I'm just not reading deep enough into it, but in the end I didn't really see much of a point to this story.

tlefler's review

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4.0

This was very good. It reminded me faintly of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Eva Lavender because of the mystical realism.

itsvelutluna's review against another edition

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3.0

Raro...

yanina's review against another edition

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4.0

Vivian y Audra son dos hermanas que residen en un barrio de Oregon con sus padres. Audra –la mayor– está intentando tomar otra forma de vida y Vivian recibe mensajes enigmáticos en un cuaderno. Tienen una relación estrecha, pero un día Audra decide irse, despojándose de todas las comodidades de la casa y siguiendo a alguien misterioso.

La novela juega con lo que no se dice, con la (in)comunicación y con lo poco confiable que resulta ser Vivian como narradora –ella está escribiendo la historia–. Tiene una condición psicológica indeterminada que hace que su mirada sea parcial, inocente y, a la vez, muy madura. No juzga: solo cuenta y expresa algunas de sus emociones. La impetuosa Audra la arrastra para volver a la naturaleza y a otras costumbres que fueron olvidadas por el ser humano, pero que un grupo que decide salir del sistema –o que ya estaba afuera– pone en práctica. Los mensajes anónimos que Vivian lee son una especie de guía.

Ahora bien, el libro se pierde sutilmente en el desarrollo y se vuelve algo monótono, además de confuso. Para colmo, sentí que, como lectora, debía poner en pausa muchas cosas para poder “creer” la historia. Paradójicamente, lo que se me hacía raro y contradictorio era la parte realista, aquella que puede acontecer en nuestro mundo lógico. Desde ya, ni Audra ni el personaje manipulador pueden sostener sus ideas y creo que eso no ayudó a solidificar el conflicto.

Así y todo, me saco el sombrero ante el final. En las últimas páginas me quedé helada, atando cabos y pensando “no me digas que…”. Y sí. Las irregularidades de las páginas pasadas empiezan a borrarse y abren paso a esa conversación increíble, lejana y sensible. Fue mi parte favorita del libro y, aunque no comprendí del todo el trabajo del padre, me fascinó que posibilitara eso.

Peter Rock dijo en una entrevista que “Klickitat” –omití hablar sobre esta palabra por cuestiones de spoilers– fue pensado para un público juvenil. Admito que agrega una novela extraña y profunda a la extensa oferta de libro juveniles, así que lo felicito y recomiendo que lo lean si se hartaron del Young Adult. Quizás vuelvan a enamorarse.



Muchas gracias a la editorial por haberme dado el ejemplar.

lucijaselak's review

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4.0

Thanks to Abrams & Chronicle for providing me a physical copy of this book.

I love this book so much. It was amazing and interesting, but there are two things that I didn't really like: the story was a bit slower the first 100 pages, I didn't really like Audra as a character. I didn't understand her choices. This book was thrilling, but not as much as I expected it to be. The writing was really nice. This book really deserves 4/5 stars! :)