
Love Letters to the Dead | |
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ISBN | 0374346674 |
ISBN-13 | 9780374346676 |
Publication | 11 May 2025 |
Number of Pages | 336 |
Format Type | Hardcover |
Awards | Goodreads Choice Award Young Adult Fiction (2014) |
Love letters to the dead quotes
But I do recognize when I m supposed to have an emotion The one time I m guaranteed NOT to have them When an author is trying to manipulate them out of me And just to confirm to all that I m in fact a giant dick I don t understand the allure of Kurt Cobain either As the book states You didn t want to be the spokesperson of a generation Somehow my generation the one who actually grew up listening to a live Kurt Cobain rather than a dead one was able to respect this Now he s become a martyr I don t get it Ava Dellaira I was born in Los Angeles One of my first memories is of looking out the window of the black Cadillac that my family drove across the wide open desert when we moved to Albuquerque.
Love letters to the dead epub
Dear Kurt CobainMrs Buster gave us our first assignment in English today to write a letter to a dead person. Love letters to the deadwood brothers For me this book was pointless puerile and pretentious with a character who is the passive dull YA contemporary equivalent of Bella Swan or Luce Price It s hard to be myself because I don t know exactly who I am But now that I ve started high school I need to figure it out really fast. Love letters to the deadreads The main character was simultaneously too naive and juvenile while never letting me forget that behind this character there is an adult writing this book On my first dayI used my favorite outfit from middle school instead which is jean overalls with a long sleeve tee shirt and hoop earrings. Love letters to the deadwood brothers I could not bring myself to care about the extremely dull character who has no character and no personality of her own who comes off as a girl who s only too willing to be pulled along by peer pressure The next thing I realized is that you aren t supposed to bring your lunch You are supposed to buy pizza and Nutter Butters or else you aren t supposed to even eat lunch. Love letters to the dead epub This book goes nowhere It is a diary of a high school girl Laurel who s lost her sister May Laurel s despair over May s death is tremendously subtle and so suppressed that I can hardly tell she s grieving at all I guess I am not doing this assignment the way I am supposed to Maybe I ll try again later. Love letters to the deadton family The point is that there was no point to this book If I wanted to read about a main character that I can t relate to whose grief isn t even present who falls in love too easily who lets herself be completely bent by peer pressure who can t really relate to her familyWHY DO I NEED TO PAY MONEY FOR IT If I wanted to read the diary of a really immature young woman I can just go onto Tumblr or DeviantArt or Livejournal does anyone use Livejournal any and browse through any amount of adolescent frippery for free And I can stop when I want to The Premise This book is written in a series of letters to dead characters musicians poets actors It reads like a slightly less silly version of a 12 year old fangirl writing letters to One Direction or Justin Bieber Dear Amy WinehouseYour fearlessness seemed like it came from a different time When your first album was released you still looked innocent a pretty girl who said she thought she was ugly. Love letters to the deady lyrics You would step onstage in your little dress sipping a drink with your big beehive hairdo and Cleopatra eyeliner and sing with a voice that poured out of your tiny body You were willing to expose yourself without caring what anyone thought I wish I was like that. Love letters to the dead quotes And 95% of the book is about Laurel not the artists To be fair I didn t want it to be because the information I got from these artists from these silly juvenile letters aren t anything I wouldn t have gleaned from 5 minutes on Wikipedia or Daily Mail UK. Love letters to the dead synopsis The Actual Letters A few paragraphs on the artists themselves and then a million pages or so it felt like of a teenaged girl rambling on about 1 Skyyyyyyyyyy Skyyyyyyyyyy 3333333 I especially like to watch this boy whose name I figured out is Sky He always wears a leather jacket even though summer is barely over He reminds me that the air isn t just something that s there It s something you breathe in. Love letters to the deadpatch 2 Her family dad mom crazy Bible thumping Aunt Amy3 Her lesbian friends4 Her cool older friends who are like so awesome and like so into each other and like so into music Dear Janis JoplinWhen I got home today I looked up about Slash and I also looked up about your life so that I can start my education and so that I can be friends with Tristan and Kristen. Love Letters to the deadu The letters follow this pattern for the entire fucking book Dear ______I think you re really cool because _______ I imagine that you must have been like _________ growing up I think your dreams must have been like the wings of an angel sparkling with unicorn horns and butterfly dreams that never got fulfilled. Love Letters to the deadu Then I talked to my friends Then I watched them kiss Then I pretended that I didn t see them kiss I went home to talk to my really sad dad and I reflected upon how sad he is and how much I miss him And May But I m not going to think about May I m not going to tell you anything about how she died I m going to let you have the impression that I love her even if I don t say it I m going to give you the impression that I care about her without ever implicitly mentioning her. Love letters to the deadman cast Laurel She reminds me a lot of Lara Jean from Jenny Han s To All the Boys I ve Loved Before which is to say she s innocent as fuck she s naive as fuck and even if she s old enough to get to 3rd and then some base with her boyfriend and drink and do illegal shit she s just there for the ride Laurel is not a leader She is a follower She does things because people tell her to If this book were an YA paranormal Laurel would be the equivalent of Bella Swan because she fucking does nothing in the book unless someone drags her into it. Love letters to the deadwood brothers She is a good girl an innocent girl who drinks and do stupid stuff like ask strangers to buy her alcohol because her cool friends tell her to And she really really wants to be friends with them She is desperate to be loved and I couldn t give a flying fuck about that Spare me your dull I have problems that I won t talk about mental issues I want a girl twisted and torn by grief I don t want a passive little fluffy bunny even if that bunny occasionally indulges in some cannabis laced carrots. Love letters to the dead audiobook Inconsistent Writing I could not get immersed in Laurel s character because she has such an inconsistent voice In some parts of her narrative Laurel sounds like a 12 year old I liked everything about it I liked waiting in line with everyone I liked that the girl in front of me had red curls on the back of her head that you could tell she curled herself And I liked the thin crinkle of the plastic when I opened the wrapper I liked how every bite made a falling apart kind of crunch When I got the shirt secretly I had hoped that Sky would notice me in it and see who I could be Maybe he d feel a pang of regret over losing me It had my name on the back It was perfect He had sanded the wood down so it was smooth but the grains don t go away I told him it was my favorite present I d ever gotten He looked proud. Love letters to the deady book And then she starts spouting off philosophical crap and imageries out of freaking nowhere and I m left wondering who am I reading the character or the author trying to write a poetic teen who s not convincing in the least Her house is a different kind of empty It s not full of ghosts It s quiet with shelves set up with rose china and china dolls and rose soaps meant to wash out sadness There is something fragile like moths inside of him something fluttering Something trying desperately to crowd toward a light May was a real moon who everyone flocked to But even if I am only Sky s street lamp I don t mind I think Hannah must be afraid like I get afraid the way I did when I heard the river yesterday the way I do when I don t even know what the shadow is but I feel it breathing. Love letters to the dead book summary Everyone loves Laurel Out of nowhere the most popular guy in school asks her out and not only that she got the attention of Sky the loner who never talks to anyone And although he has license to stand with the cool kids he still doesn t fully belong anywhere and hasn t relinquished his title of Mr Mystery Hence the throng of girls who are always leaning in and touching his arm But of course my money s on you He s a cool loner the one who never cares about anyone until he meets Laurel It is insta love for her and Sky falls for Laurel remarkably fast considering Laurel never does or say anything fucking remarkable But I guess 17 year old boys are easily impressed You d be a really great writer I said Oh yeah How do you know By the way you talk Like when you said that Kurt is so loud because he s staring the monster in the face and how you ve got to fight back Final Comments The grief over May s death just isn t there Sure Laurel is supposed to be really really sad about May considering she died but I never felt her sadness It is a matter of telling not showing You could argue that Laurel is suppressing her grief really well but why the fuck would I want to read a book about that It s the equivalent of reading a romance novel where the main character absolutely refuses to fall in love against all reason I know those books exist I don t like them Some truly bad things happen to Laurel in this book and guess what I don t care I want to care I m not a callous person but you have to make me FEEL something for the character I could not relate to her I could not sympathize with her I did not like her I can t bring myself to hurt for her when she is damaged. Love letters to the deads review Not recommended Ava Dellaira Dear Famous PersonYou are so cool My name is Laurel and I go to High School but I am still going to talk to you in the passive immature voice of a 10 year old and then occasionally break out into beautiful metaphors about the sparkles in Sky s eyes and how just one glance from him makes fireflies dance in my stomach or something equally nauseating beautiful There is something fragile like moths inside of him something fluttering Something trying desperately to crowd toward a light May was a real moon who everyone flocked to But even if I am only Sky s street lamp I don t mind. Love letters to the dead quotes s This book is actually all about the deep grief I feel after my sister s death I know that may be surprising when all I actually do is pull the petals off flowers and wonder if Sky loves me. Love letters to the dead about ____________________________________________You know this book is actually almost exactly like the diaries I wrote when I was about 10 11 years old I didn t write to famous people I wrote the entries to a made up name so it was like I was talking to someone who was there just for me Because well Anne Frank did it and I thought it was totally cool Honestly it s a mystery why I wasn t one of the popular kids in school. Love letters to the dead author I would write in fragmented sentences that walked the unfortunate reader through my day until I would suddenly get a burst of inspiration and philosophize about life in that all knowing way which only young teens who know absolutely nothing about life can manage Here s the thing though There s a real good reason why most people don t publish their diaries because who wants to hear about your boring ass high school day or how freaking hot that dude called Sky is If this book was attempting to be a realistic portrait of an annoying teen without a personality mission accomplished. Red dead redemption 2 love letter Frankly here comes the controversial statement this has to be the most emotionally manipulative book since The Fault in Our Stars Laurel s sister has died so she deals with all her thoughts and feelings by writing letters to different dead people inc Kurt Cobain Jim Morrison and Judy Garland Guess who the last dead person letter is to Go on guess. Love letters to the dead book And Laurel s personality is nowhere to be seen Her letters are written in short disjointed sentences with no sense of emotion coming through at any point No sadness for her sister No actual chemistry between her and Sky It s just words and not great words at that She like me pauses in the middle of the childish narrative to wax poetic about something probably to do with Sky She is constantly defined by other people what she thinks of Sky her friends and the famous people Who is this girl that everyone seems to fall in love with Not a clue. Love letters to the dead summary 5 stars Months ago I had to put Love Letters to the Dead down because it was making me so desperately sad Almost a full year later I read the last half of it with a lump in my throat and tears dripping down my face This is a profoundly moving meditation on grief written with rare sensitivity and the kind of prose that nearly stops your heart with moments of quiet anguished beauty Review on the blog recommended for fans of If I Stay Ava Dellaira Una historia con la que he conectado por pasajes con personajes secundarios que realmente no aportan nada y en general una trama que da tumbos. Love letters to the dead summary Cartas de amor a los muertos me ha parecido una novela simple llena de situaciones clich s y con una manera de ser narrada que creo que a veces era m s una lacra que una virtud Que est bien introducir a personajes como Kurt Cobain o Amy Winehouse pero queda demasiado en el rollo alternativo que se convierte finalmente en mainstream y por tanto no es para nada sorprendente. Love letters to the deady book La historia que se cuenta es como comento t pica Los personajes son meros peones pero sin rumbo fijo aparecen hablan y poco m s La verdad es que me ha dado pena ver c mo se utilizaban relaciones como nexo de otras situaciones porque la relaci n de Hannah y Natalie ten a un potencial que no ha sido para nada explotado. Love letters to the deadovers En cuanto al tono de la novela En general me ha gustado pero creo que era demasiado pesimista e incoherente en ocasiones Ava Dellaira ha tirado demasiado del unreliable narrator y en muchas ocasiones quedaba forzado y m s cuando descubres las causas Que ha sido un tema que me ha sorprendido pero creo que era un tema demasiado importante como para dejarlo pasar a la primera de cambio En general es una novela b sica pero al menos entretenida con la que aprendes detalles muy interesantes sobre las vidas de los personajes c lebres que se mencionan y sobre todo es un peque o viaje de descubrimiento y de aceptaci n S se saca algo de la novela pero vamos que una novela m s. Love letters to the deads lyrics Ava Dellaira Dear Johann Wolfgang von GoetheRemember when I had to read your books at school Yeah so I always thought the message of your stories was really important but some things always disturbed and confused me. Love letters to the dead ava dellaira This book made me just as confused because I don t know if it s something amazing with a great message that I just don t understand or If this book has major mistakes I am guessing this book has major mistakes Number one the fact that this book is a freshman girl writing letters to dead people to cope with the death of her sister but the letters just sound like she s talking about juice boxes friendship gossip and her crush on Sky The issue is the fact that this book has a dark very triggering plot line that is just mentioned way too late into the book even though it s the main message Why did we focus for ours on Sky and juice boxes and not her relatioship with her parents her dead sister and what happened to her A perfect example of a great idea that was executed badly Ava Dellaira
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