Conta-me Três Coisas in Read-along

Feb 22, 2017 Mafi rated it liked it

Shelves: pt, 2017, new-on-the-shelf-17

Um YA que se lê bem mas que me deixou desiludida....achei tudo um pouco previsível e cliché.

Logo os primeiros capítulos deixaram-me um pouco aborrecida, quando a protagonista - que muda de Chicago para Los Angeles - descreve os estudantes (principalmente as) da nova escola como todos são ricos, bonitos, bronzeados, magros, etc. Eu nunca tive em L.A mas de certeza que não são todos assim, e a forma como a autora escreve fá-los burros ou plastificados, só porque têm dinheiro, e que a protagonista ...more

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Feb 03, 2016 cc rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016-published, heroine-v, young-adult, contemporary, you-ve-got-mail, romance, no-love-triangle, cutie-pies, debut, debut-author-challenge-2016

***NO LOVE TRIANGLE!***

I had a really good feeling about this one ever since the day I first heard about it and now that I finally read it I'm happy to say my gut feeling did not fail me on this occasion--woot!--because Tell Me Three Things is a thoroughly enjoyable read, even if I wish I could have skipped the heartwrenching scenes in which Jessie talks about her late mother, it was agonizing and altogether too much for me and every single time I wanted to run to my mom and hold her tight f ***NO LOVE TRIANGLE!***

I had a really good feeling about this one ever since the day I first heard about it and now that I finally read it I'm happy to say my gut feeling did not fail me on this occasion--woot!--because Tell Me Three Things is a thoroughly enjoyable read, even if I wish I could have skipped the heartwrenching scenes in which Jessie talks about her late mother, it was agonizing and altogether too much for me and every single time I wanted to run to my mom and hold her tight forever. Please, Jessie, STAHP, I cannae deal.

Okay, meltdown over.

The main character: Jessie is a fine, relatable heroine, as in: nerdy and bookish and a little awkward, she also doubts herself a lot, she's grieving and she's so so alone at first that I found myself unable to stop reading so at least I could be some kind of company. Still, this book is not a grief-fest, despite all Jessie has an amusing voice and many times I both shed tears and smiled big while reading the same page.

The anonymous friend/love interest, Somebody/Nobody, SN for short: *swoooon* SN is adorable and smart and funny and I just wanted more and more of those emails and messages. I guessed who he was almost immediately after Jessie mentions the actual character for the first time (NO SPOILERS!), but it was still so much fun to watch her try to unveil the mystery of Somebody/Nobody and to watch them interact when she was so clueless that it was him.

The romance: confession time, I am a TOTAL SUCKER for You've-Got-Mail-secret-admirer-pen-pals type of romance and that's actually what caught my attention about this book in the first place, and oh my God, the whole thing was so cute, I honestly wish this book was longer because I wanted more e-flirting and irl-flirting, and non-official and slightly awkward dates, and basically more of the whole partially anonymous slow-burn romance. Also, NO LOVE TRIANGLE, THANK YOU DEAR AUTHOR, I mean, there's more than one guy interested in Jessie but she makes it very clear that she only has a crush on one.

In conclusion: a captivating, moving and strangely quick read (I didn't even realise I was almost done with the book until I had only like 20 pages left, whaaa?), that made me feel all the things and them some, and that also made me add Julie Buxbaum to my author watchlist.

Recommended for all.
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Jun 22, 2017 Ana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2017

ADOREI!

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Dec 18, 2017 Bioquímica da Leitura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2017-readings, fiction, contemporary

Opinião completa em http://bioquimicadaleitura.blogspot.pt/2017/12/conta-me-tres-coisas-de-julie-buxbaum.html

O livro aborda alguns temas como a homossexualidade e o bullying, apesar de não serem os aspectos centrais da narrativa, não costumam aparecer nos livros que tenho lido ultimamente. Foi bom que a autora tenha posto personagens a fazer frente a essa gentinha reduzida e a colocar um ponto final no assunto. Todos merecem ter paz de espírito.
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