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Pamela L. Laskin

Autor(a) de Ronit & Jamil

10 Works 120 Membros 7 Críticas

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Obras por Pamela L. Laskin

Ronit & Jamil (2017) 73 exemplares
Ronit & Jamil 15 exemplares
Ronit & Jamil (2017) 12 exemplares
Why No Goodbye? (2019) 2 exemplares
Plagiarist (2012) 1 exemplar
Homer the Little Stray Cat (2014) 1 exemplar

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1.5 Stars

Well I am sorry to say this was a very shallow book.

Verse novels can have a huge amount of depth, with dimensional characters, detailed settings, and engaging, intricately woven plots. This is why I was very disappointed with a book whose blurb promised so much. To me, taking R and J and transporting them to the modern day Israel-Palestine conflict would mean details about the conflict were actually part of the story telling. They were not. They were glossed over in favour of writing about two teens yearning for each others touch. Moreover, this story ended abruptly before the tragic events that really started Shakespeare's lovers on their doomed fates. Very disappointing.… (mais)
 
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Mrs_Tapsell_Bookzone | Feb 14, 2023 |
This was an ok novel in verse. One day when a young man, abandoned by his mother, learns to read, he will understand why she left him. Quick read.
 
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Z_Brarian | Dec 12, 2022 |
Reading Romeo and Juliet is a rite of passage that most American high school students will go through. Even though it is widely taught, and is very much a part of popular culture, there are many readers who struggle to connect to the 400-year-old story of two Italian nobles who fall in love at a masquerade ball. There is a reason the story has remained so long- when you boil it down to the essentials, it is a story of two teenagers who abandon logic and throw themselves into a romance that their parents protest. Many people have taken those elements to retool the Romeo and Juliet story, which is what brings us to Ronit Jamil, a novel in verse by Pamela L Laskin.
Ronit, an Israeli girl, and Jamil, a Palestinian boy, are physically separated by a fence but are also divided by decades of religious and political strife. They both live in war-torn Israel, where Jews and Muslims are constantly at war with each other, with casualties growing by the day. But when they first lock eyes, all that falls away. Told in alternating perspectives, we see how they go from curious glances to quickly-passed notes, and eventually a moment alone together to actually speak. Their parents would never approve or understand, so their love must be confined to the shadows. But what are two teens to do when the love in their hearts feels so powerful, it feels like it could swallow them whole?
Laskin uses poetry rather than a prose narrative structure, making the story very quick and easy to read. She will occasionally use actual quotes from Romeo and Juliet throughout, a gentle reminder of the lovers who inspire the journey of Ronit and Jamil. But the author is not afraid to go her own way with the story, which is nice because then it is not nearly as predictable as you might suspect.
… (mais)
 
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Chinesa72 | 1 outra crítica | Jul 28, 2021 |
I don't know. I thought the bad ratings were maybe high expectations unmet, but now that I read it, I see the problems.
It's all so unrealistic. Yes, there's insta-love, but just the situation doesn't feel right. I think this could have been better in a more traditional format, rather than prose.
I don't know. Overall, I'm just unimpressed. It's a great concept, I just think the product was lacking.
 
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hexenlibrarian | 2 outras críticas | May 19, 2020 |

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Obras
10
Membros
120
Popularidade
#165,356
Avaliação
2.8
Críticas
7
ISBN
15

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