Make no mistake about it, Marek is far from a likable character.
Throughout the read it's difficult to tell if 16 year old Marek, who has been badly disfigured due to a Rottweiler attack, is adjusting to his loss of looks and isolating himself as a result or if he's simply as selfish prat. His mom tricks him into signing up for a support group of other people with disabilities, and he eventually goes on a trip with them, only because he has a crush on the girl of the group. Plot-wise, there are things to like but again, the payoff is missing in most cases and there are missed opportunities. Maybe I'll finish someday, but I'm ready to move on to something that hooks me.Ok, this one was a bit of a disappointment. I was disappointed.I love Alina Bronsky's dark humor and will read anything she writes, but this one was not my fave. "A funny woman would never be alone.
I chose this book on a whim while at the library, and began reading it without any expectations.
Actually liked being left to wonder assume for myself what happened next.While not as good as her first two books (seems a little too YA for me) I still greatly enjoyed this one. However, for someone new to the author I'd recommend Alina Bronsky is a very strong author, and so I was excited to read her new novel. As dedicated readers already know, some of the best and most innovative stories on the shelves come from the constantly evolving realm of young ...[What does the list mean that Marek finds in the Guru's camera bag?
Really liked it, despite the fact that not everything was clear to me at the end.Marek was attacked and disfigured by a dog, so he cut off all contact with his friends and spends his life moping around and generally being an asshole to everyone. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. I like Marek's angry voice, and his relationships with the other young people, the way they test try and each other. Write more about him!Disappointing. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of
She’s back with a third novel, Just Call Me Superhero, serving up more biting wit and a no-frills style that readers can eat up in big, satisfying chunks. The humor of latter-day Holden Caulfields, smart, irreverent kids giving the finger to the polite world. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Throughout the read it's difficult to tell if 16 year old Marek, who has been badly disfigured due to a Rottweiler attack, is adjusting to his loss of looks and isolating himself as a result or if he's simply as selfish prat. That was probably my only problem with the entire novel: bad characterization. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.
Is his mother Claudia trying to motivate him with tough love or is she just exhausted by this boy? Also the other characters were iinitially interesting, but there was no real character developpment.
October 7th 2014 The author and I share a first name, the book was translated from the Germann, and the target audience appears to be YA. Her first novel, Broken Glass Park, was nominated for one of Europe’s most prestigious literary awards, the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize. I was not a fan, and I wanted to be. Claudia and Marek's relationship could have been explored more and the guru ends up being much less significant than expected (what is his message?).
Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. This book is complicated - it discusses the survival of a group of kids with physical problems, and how the Guru (a mysterious old man) takes them to a magical place in Germany on the pretense of "self-help" or something like that, where they embark on missions of self-discovery. I liked the protagonist, Marek, and his evolving relationship to Claudia, his mom (whom he calls Claudia). She moved to Germany when she was thirteen. If this book never makes it to your reading list, you'll be just fine.At times, it seems that Marek should be read as an unreliable narrator and that his physical deformities are exaggerated in his head yet Marek's interactions with other characters at times (Janne and Tammy), seem to suggest a sexually confident male. Perhaps this reader was also offended by the assumption that a Ukrainian character is nothing more than a prostitute due to her ethnicity. Plot-wise, there are things to like but again, the payoff is missing in most cases and there are missAt times, it seems that Marek should be read as an unreliable narrator and that his physical deformities are exaggerated in his head yet Marek's interactions with other characters at times (Janne and Tammy), seem to suggest a sexually confident male. From DC & Neil Gaiman, The Sandman arises only on Audible. Once I realized it was a coming-of-age story (YA) I rather enjoyed it. Marek was attacked by a rottweiler, leading to facial disfigurement, and is tricked by his mother into attending a support group. The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine Apart from that, the dark humor was refreshing and it's definitely original.
"But if you want to learn why Bronsky is referring to a superhero, you will have to read it yourself—you’ll be charmingly engaged." It was a little too gimmicky for me, but a lot of the emotional struggles of Marek, who is horribly deformed by a dog attack before the novel begins, rang especially true. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations But she does it so well -- as I knew the moment I opened her first novel, BROKEN GLASS PARK, and was hooked by her homicidal, hurting heroine, torn between wanting to kill her father and immortalize her mother, whom he had shot in a drunken rage. Is his mother Claudia trying to motivate him with tough love or is she just exhausted by this boy? Are they somehow related?