Without Merit: A Novel

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No one would be able to determine any of that from inside our house, either. We’re good at keeping secrets in this family. En este caso, vemos la historia desde la perspectiva de Merit, y no es una perspectiva en la que podamos confiar definitivamente, desde el inicio se notaba su bias, la manera en la que se expresa de su hermana se burla de ella a pesar de que su hermana pasa por una tragedia que la cambio mucho. As a mother of two young girls I took away so much from this book; it made me toss around scenarios and ideas of how I might react in a similar situation and what I need to do to be as involved, accepting, and loving toward my children as I can possibly be. Clasp your pearls to your chest and grab a hanky; this one is a tear jerker, but per classic Hoover, there is a ray of hope that turns into what a real happily ever after should look like. PS-that classic wit and humor does make many an appearance, I was just pulling your leg. I buddy read this book with my girl Quinn and overall we have fairly similar thoughts. Granted we generally like the same things, I just felt like this tidbit should be mentioned. CoHo really missed the mark with this one, in my opinion. I really do like that she's moving more towards Contemporary and darker subjects - as with It Ends with Us - but this messy book took on mental illness, sexuality, suicide, abuse, even the Syrian refugee crisis, AND a romance. None of them were done very well.

Without Merit” is a coming of age novel about Seventeen year old Merit Voss, who lives at Dollar Voss (a/k/a a former church) with her entire family, including her twin sister Honor, her brothers, her father and step-mother and her mother (who lives in the basement). Life is far from perfect and communication is almost non-existent. The same two things could happen to two people, but that doesn't mean they would experience the exact same stress over it. We all have different levels of stress that we're accustomed to. You probably felt the same amount of stress over your family situation as I sometimes do about mine, even though they're completely on different levels. But that doesn't make you weaker. It doesn't make you an asshole. We're just two different people with two different experiences.” Les recomiendo que lo lean, por supuesto, pero además les recomiendo mucho que lo lean antes de leer mi reseña, que lo empiecen sin saber nada sobre la historia, y no porque los spoilers les arruinen la historia, creo que lo que les puede arruinar la lectura es tener la interpretación de alguien más. Léanlo y saquen sus propias conclusiones, no se dejen llevar por las perspectivas de nadie más, plis no dejen que la opinión de alguien más opaque sus propias enfoques.Todo inicia cuando Merit una chica de 17 años decide ya no ir a la escuela, no por nada trágico o especifico, ella simplemente tiene el sentimiento de ser invisible. Vive en una casa que solía ser una iglesia y toda la historia sobre cómo termino viviendo ahí es muy peculiar y ridícula, cuando leí esa parte no entendí porque la autora le daría tanta importancia a eso, pero por supuesto como en todo libro de CoHo, cada detalle tiene un papel importante.

Pero Merit estaba metida tanto en su mente, pensando todo a su manera de una forma tan distorsionada, que me hacía sentir que ella misma se ponía el pie, era obvio que Sage tenía sentimientos por ella, era obvio que la enfermedad de su madre era más grave de lo que Merit pensaba, pero ella vivía con la venda en los ojos a causa de su depresión que todo lo veía sombrío y desolador. Que siempre pensaba lo peor de todos, especialmente de sí misma.

Overall, this book wasn't what I expected. It isn't a romance, but more of a family drama story with a love aspect thrown in. It is also very depressing and bleak, so know that going in.

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Merit dice que vive en una casa y no en un hogar. Y esto es correcto. Viven juntos en esa casa de locos, pero nadie, y en especial los adultos, están pendientes de los menores. Solo se ven en la cena y no es una reunión amena. Todo lo contrario, es el momento ideal para reclamarse unos a los otros. Once I hit that mark, the story really took off and I read the remainder in a single sitting. I found I couldn’t tear myself away from the quirky, sad bunch of characters who managed to still make me feel hopeful that things would turn around for them. Hoover has brought together a cast that shows what it truly means to be human; the vulnerability of each and every one of us is felt through these realistic people and I think that is one of Colleen’s major talents which results in bringing repeat readers to her new books.