Review/ recenzija: Cora Carmack: Losing It/Slatka nevolja
Recenzija na hrvatskom nalazi se ispod recenzije na engleskom ??
I came across Losing It by accident and didn't read any reviews about the novel before reading it. The blurb seemed interesting and I was curious about this professor/student romance, so I decided to read and review it.
There are two more novels in the same series: Faking It and Finding It.
Bliss Edwards is a college student who will soon graduate, but she's still a virgin. Her plan is to go out, find a guy and rectify that problem ASAP.
There enters Garrick.
He reads Shakespeare in a bar and sees a girl he's interested in. She takes him home, things get hot, but then she just leaves. Escapes, actually.
The next day, after telling her best friend she did have sex the day before, Bliss finds out her almost lover is actually her professor.
The two come to an agreement to forget everything that has happened, but they just can't keep their hands off of each other.
This is how a relationship between a student and a professor begins.
Beware of spoilers in the next few paragraphs. I tried to avoid details as much as I could, but there are some questions about this novel I really need to ask because I just can't pretend I don't find this things strange. Please, leave your thoughts about it in the comment section.
First, I really miss a real threat to the relationship of Garrick and Bliss, something a bit more serious than her best friend being in love with her. Something that would show us that in reality, there would be great consequences for the people that get involved in that kind of a forbidden relationship. Nowhere in this book is their relationship threatened by external causes or other people.
Then there's the thing about Bliss. She chooses to tell her best friend she had sex with her professor because that's easier for her to do than admit she was still a virgin. What moral values is Cora teaching us here?
And mononucleosis? OMG. I had the misfortune to see from up close the symptoms of that illness, and let me tell you, the person who got sick was in a really bad shape almost for a month. At least one member of my family had to always stay at home and take care of them. When I read about Bliss and Garrick taking care of each other I felt, well, dumb. Where were their friends and family, why didn't anybody call? Who would change their sheets after them sweating all day? Who prepared food for two people who weren't able to swallow more than a half of a spoon of mashed bananas?
I would recommend this novel for the younger readers. If you like to read about a bit more complicated emotional state and a plot that makes you question the morality of character's choices, than this isn't the book you'd find satisfying.
Anyway, Losing It is a novel written in a simple way, full of humor and a few of unpredicted adventures. It will take your mind off of your everyday tasks for a few hours and tell you a story of a young girl in love and confused with the world around her. Bliss is trying to find her place in the society, and her searching for her perfect career is something a lot of young people can find easy to identify with. Give her a chance to tell you her story.
And of course, share with us what you think,
Rose ?
Na roman o kojem danas pi�em ba� sam slu�ajno nabasala i opis mi se u�inio zanimljivim iako je tematika vrlo �kakljiva. Nisam �itala recenzije prije nego �to sam knjigu uzela u ruke, a tek sam kasnije pro�itala da su dostupna su i druga dva nastavka iz serijala: Savr�ena komedija i Nezaboravna avantura u izdanju 24 sata. Danas pi�em u romanu za mlade, Slatka Nevolja.
Bliss Edwards uskoro �e diplomirati, a jo� je djevica. To odlu�i rije�iti jednim izlaskom na kojem namjerava pokupiti frajera i odvesti ga doma. Tu ulazi Garrick. Zgodan frajer u kafi�u koji �ita Shakespearea, a na to je Bliss slaba.
On je taj.
Odlaze u njezin stan i atmosfera u krevetu se di�e do to�ke vrenja. Sve dok se ona ne ustrtari i ne pobjegne.
Sljede�eg dana odlazi na predavanje s prijateljicom kojoj je tog jutra rekla da se pro�le no�i savr�eno provela, samo da bi iza katedre ugledala svog skoro pa ljubavnika.
Garrick i Bliss dogovore se da �e se praviti kao da se ni�ta nije dogodilo, ali stvari im ne idu po planu jer ni jedno od njih ne mo�e dr�ati ruke podalje od drugoga.
I tako zapo�inje njihova zabranjena profesor-studentica veza.
Sljede�i dio mo�da �e sadr�avati nekoliko spoilera, pa �itajte s oprezom, ali htjela sam s vama prokomentirati nekoliko svojih nedoumica jer mi nikako ne daju mira. Komentare ostavite na za to predvi�enom mjestu ??
Ono �to meni ovdje fali je zapravo neka stvarna prijetnja Garricku i Bliss, neka malo ozbiljnija od zaljubljenog najboljeg prijatelja. Ne�to �to bi pokazalo da bi, u stvarnosti, veza izme�u profesora i studentice zaista mogla biti, a i bila bi, rigorozno sankcionirana. �ak ni u glavnom klimaksu pri�e ne pojavljuje se ni�ta sli�no, nego se protagonistkinja jednostavno miri sa svojim emocijama.
U vezi Bliss isto imam jednu dilemu. Je li lak�e re�i prijateljici da si spavala s profesorom samo da bi prikrila �injenicu da si jo� uvijek djevica? Pogotovo mirne du�e i bez kasnijih preispitivanja tih tvrdnji. Kakve se vrijednosti ovakvim autorovim postupcima promi�u?
I jo� jedna stvar: mononukleoza. Imala sam tu nesre�u da sam svjedo�ila simptomima te bolesti u vlastitoj obitelji. Radilo se o razdoblju od mjesec dana kad je spomenuta osoba bila totalno van sistema. Mi ostali doma smo sve �ivo od poda do stropa dezinficirali. Rodbina i prijatelji su svako malo nazivali, a mi uku�ani konstantno smo bili na raspolaganju. Kad sad pro�itam da su njih Garrick i Bliss sami preboljevali tu bolest, a da se nitko od svih tih prijatelja i roditelja nije pojavio, osje�am se, u najmanju ruku, glupo. Tko im je mijenjao plahte kad su se znojili? �to su jeli dok 3 tjedna nisu mogli gutati ni�ta kru�e od pola �lice mljevene banane?
Iz gore nabrojenih razloga, ovaj roman mo�da bih preporu�ila malo mla�im generacijama. Onima koji tra�e likove koji ne uranjaju u kompliciranije emocije i koji vi�e vole jednostavnu radnju bez dubljeg preispitivanja granica morala.
U svakom slu�aju, roman Slatka nevolja, pisan je jednostavnim i �itkim stilom, ispunjen je mladena�kim humorom i tu i tamo nepredvidivim situacijama. Zabavit �e vas, uvesti u glavu mlade djevojke i ispri�ati njenu pri�u jednim jasnim, mladena�kim rje�nikom. Blissine nedoumice oko njezine neposredne budu�nosti interesantna su pitanja s kojima se puno mladih mo�e poistovjetiti. Njezino tra�enje mjesta u svijetu �ini ju pravom djevojkom iz susjedstva, koju je nekim slu�ajem samo zatekla jedna slatka nevolja.
Jo� jednu recenziju o ovom romanu, kao i o jednom nastavku, mo�ete pro�itati na blogu Life of a Bookworm. Nina i ja �itale smo ju u isto vrijeme i odli�no smo se zabavile komentiraju�i pojedine dijelove, s time da je ona do�la dalje od mene i pro�itala jo� jedan nastavak. �itate li i vi ponekad u paru ili u grupi istovremeno istu knjigu?
Jeste li pro�itali ovaj roman ili koji od nastavaka? Pi�ite va�e mi�ljenje u komentare,
Rose ?
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