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Cat è appena arrivata a Silver Lake, sul lago Michigan, da Detroit, dopo il traumatico divorzio dei suoi genitori. È una ragazzina timida, introversa, e traumatizzata dall'aver visto tutte le sue certezze dissolversi in poche settimane. Marlena, invece, che a Silver Lake ha sempre vissuto, è diversa: intanto, è bellissima, e soprattutto la vita l'ha già obbligata a crescere, molto, molto in fretta. Il padre produce e spaccia metanfetamina, la droga che ha fatto andare fuori di testa sua madre, oggi finita chissà dove. E Marlena ha sviluppato una forza feroce e selvaggia, che si traduce in una disperata voglia di vivere, e in un altrettanto disperata ricerca delle emozioni più estreme. Cat e Marlena troveranno nell'altra una sorta di parte mancante di sé, e la loro amicizia si rafforzerà nel pieno della tempesta adolescenziale, alimentata dall'inizio dell'uso di massa, proprio in quel periodo, dei social network. Sarà poi il destino, a cambiare le cose, a intromettersi brutalmente tra loro e a separarle. Ma sarà davvero una separazione, o la storia di Cat e Marlena si rivelerà la conferma che l'amicizia è una sola anima che abita in due corpi, un cuore che batte in due anime?
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- Pagine: 290
- Data di uscita: 03-04-2018
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Normally I start my reviews with a quote; a nice little taster of what to expect. But with Marlena it was impossible to isolate just a sentence or two. I copied down whole paragraphs that became extracts until it felt like I would be quoting the entire book. I kept thinking I was done and then reali Leggi tutto
Extraordinarily well-written book that tells the story of a doomed friendship between teenage girls. Shades of WHO WILL RUN THE FROG HOSPITAL? (less funny but significantly more wrenching and therefore better), the Neapolitan Novels, and, in its examination of the opoid crisis and resolutely mid-wes Leggi tutto
Ok so I kept seeing everyone talking about netgalley and I am such an unrestrained glutton for books that I was obviously had to sign up to get to read books for free early, and so this was the first book I requested, so yay free books. Anyway I personally thought that though the idea and general st Leggi tutto
Review of MarlenaA poem by Matthew McLean Because of a book club, I did read you To join in discussion, I did need you A librarian did recommend On whose word I did depend Stream of consciousness I did find Through repetitious pages I did grind So-so and unlikable characters I did meet Drugs, alcohol, a Leggi tutto
Cat and her brother Jimmy relocate with their mother to a rural town in Northern Michigan. With her parents recent divorce she is no longer able to attend her private boarding school. She feels very isolated living away from the support of her father and friends. After the move, a friendship develop Leggi tutto
"I want to go back. But back where? To the moment before I tasted alcohol, to virginity and not really knowing that things die, back to believing that something great is still up ahead, back to before I made the choices that would hem me in to the life I live now. A life that I regret sometimes, I
This was a sad read about regret, friendship and family. 😢 But it’s also a teen girls coming of age story, as she falls in with the wrong crowd. It’s really a depressing read, but intriguing as well. 🥺 I finished this in one day, cause I just needed to know how it would end. 🛑Trigger warnings: addic Leggi tutto
I certainly love a story about an intoxicating female friendship, those that venture into coming-of-age territory. Books where a friendship maybe causes a young girl to go completely off the tracks. I enjoy the psychology of it. This one does the thing I enjoyed most about The Girls by: Emma Cline
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