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Indlæser... Dear Mr. Knightley (2013)af Katherine Reay
  
Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.  hmonkeyreads | Jan 25, 2024 |   1. waiting until marriage to have sex 2. God helps those who help themselves 3. the forgiveness of certain trespasses All three of these themes were explored in ways that made me cringe. The protagonist is rewarded for her abstinence (and it's pointed out that others are punished in various ways for having sex before marriage). Similarly, she is rewarded for hard work with tremendously (read: unbelievably) good luck bestowed on her by a nice Christian couple (where were the nice Christian couples when she was a child in the foster system suffering abuse?). And in the end, she forgives someone for something I found 100% unforgivable and super creepy. Even putting the uncomfortable moralizing of this novel aside, I never bought the premise. Sam is writing letters to an anonymous benefactor about her life. Sure, ok, I'm with you so far. Then she starts including super intimate details about her personal life. About how her boyfriend kisses her and her lack of sexual experience. These are really not the things a graduate student should share to secure her grant funding. Again, super creepy. I read this because my library system has a program called 10 to Try where you read books in certain categories. This was meant to fulfill the epistolary novel category. I should have re-read [b:The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society|39832183|The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society|Mary Ann Shaffer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1529026760l/39832183._SY75_.jpg|2754161]. (  ) LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |  ) cathy.lemann | Mar 21, 2023 | This was unexpectedly compelling and I finished the audiobook in a couple of days.I like stories about universities and making friends. I like literary quotations. I like the way epistolary letters require some reading between the lines -- Sam’s letters give the sense that she’s being fully open, but she’s still writing for a specific audience, and it’s plausible that there are details she omits, or wording she might use in real life (or in her head) but wouldn’t write to the man paying her tuition. And I liked how, when certain things come to light, those are acknowledged as problematic and Sam is supported. I just thought Sam should have been allowed to be angry about a few more things. I was irate on her behalf. It’s dawned on me that I’ve reacted to Sam like she’s a real person. My criticism, both the noteworthy ones and the smaller quibbles, are mainly about times when I think others are being unfair or they have misunderstood Sam or they should support her differently. I haven’t really thought about the book as a story. One of my criticisms was about the way Sam is pushed into studying journalism. Yes, she does have a choice, but it felt coercive and I was annoyed that that aspect wasn't addressed further. (I remain unconvinced that journalism is inherently a better use of Sam’s talents or a more reliable path to employment) There are various characters’ who see Sam’s tendency to quote as a sign she’s not being genuine or living in the real world, and while it’s believable that people might think so, I was annoyed that the book narrative seemed to agree with them. I understand having quotes just pop into one’s head. It’s just the way some people’s brains work! Admittedly I don’t quote at people the way Sam sometimes does, but neither have I had Sam's upbringing -- I think she has very understandable reasons for using the words which pop into her head as a shield or a coping mechanism. I found my first copy of Pride and Prejudice on the 'L' when I was nine. I loved Austen's world. It was safe and I could breathe. By the time I looked up, the book was disintegrating from wear and I had barely registered two foster placement switches. My “inability to relate” caused a few headaches at the Department of Children and Family Services. And that’s never changed. (  ) Herenya | Sep 24, 2022 |  ) natmo | Jun 1, 2022 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Hæderspriser
Fiction.
Literature.
Romance.
Christian Fiction.
HTML: Samantha's only friends were characters in books, but her real life takes an extraordinary turn when a mysterious "Mr. Knightley" offers her a full journalism scholarship??on the condition that she write to him regularly. Will their long-distance friendship unlock her heart? Sam is, to say the least, bookish. An English major of the highest order, her diet has always been Austen, Dickens, and Shakespeare. The problem is that both her prose and conversation tend to be more Elizabeth Bennet than Samantha Moore. But life for the twenty-three-year-old orphan is about to get stranger than fiction. An anonymous, Dickensian benefactor calling himself Mr. Knightley offers to put Sam through Northwestern University's prestigious Medill School of Journalism. There is only one catch: Sam must write frequent letters to the mysterious donor, detailing her progress. Sam's letters to Mr. Knightley become increasingly confessional as she begins to share everything from her painful childhood memories to her growing feelings for eligible novelist Alex Powell. While Alex draws Sam into a world of warmth and literature that feels like it's straight out of a book, old secrets are drawn to light. And as Sam learns to love and trust Alex and herself, she learns once again how quickly trust can be broken. Reminding us all that our own true character is not meant to be hidden, Katherine Reay's debut novel follows a young woman's journey as she sheds her protective persona and embraces the person she was meant to become. Praise for Dear Mr. Knightley: "Katherine Reay's Dear Mr. Knightley kept me up until 2:00 a.m.; I simply couldn't put it down."??Eloisa James, New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon a Tower "Sprinkled with classic literary references and filled with poignant characterizations, Katherine Reay's modern retelling of Jean Webster's Daddy-Long-Legs is both reverently crafted and delightfully surprising."??Lauren Ann Nattress, Austenprose.com "Katherine Reay's touching debut novel made me cry in all the right places. For joy."??Laurie Viera Rigler, author of Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict Sweet, stand-alone contemporary romance Includes discussion questions for book clubs, a Q&A with the author, and Sam's readinIngen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
LibraryThing-forfatterKatherine Reay er LibraryThing-forfatter, en forfatter som har sit personlige bibliotek opført på LibraryThing. Aktuelle diskussionerIngenPopulære omslag
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I liked the style of a story told through letters and the basic plot was ok but several things -- almost everything in the last chapters of the book -- annoyed me so much that it diminished everything for me. (