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Lauren Karcz
Autore di The Gallery of Unfinished Girls
Opere di Lauren Karcz
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- Opere
- 2
- Utenti
- 107
- Popolarità
- #180,615
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 2
Mercedes Moreno is a senior in high school, an artist, bisexual, and secretly in love with her dancer best friend, Victoria. At the start of the novel, Mercedes is living with her younger sister Angela in Sarasota, Florida while their mother holds vigil over their ill grandmother in Puerto Rico. A piano is left on their front lawn and their friendly landlord has rented out his spare room to a 19 year old artist, Lillia.
Despite Mercedes' deep feelings for Victoria, there's very little romance in the story. It's about art more than anything, and what art means to its creator. As Mercedes is the protagonist, we follow along with her thoughts, her artistic creation, how painting is her self-expression, how she can pull things out of herself with paint that she didn't even know existed. I liked that a lot. I also liked how Mercedes' 14 year old sister Angela also has an artistic soul, a new piano player with a gift and a burning desire. It connected them in a way I found compelling and sweet.
I thought Mercedes' bisexuality was nicely portrayed, as were her friendships with Lillia and Victoria.
I guessed the little magical ~twist, but it just made me smile that I had guessed correctly. The Gallery of Unfinished Girls was just a sweet story about family, friendship and finding the right path for yourself.… (altro)