Sherri L. Smith
Autore di Flygirl
Sull'Autore
Sherri L. Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her first book, Lucy the Giant, was an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults in 2003. Her other books include Sparrow, Orleans, The Toymaker's Apprentice, and Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet. Flygirl won the California Book Award Gold Medal. mostra altro (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Photo: K. Mao By Sherri L. Smith - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65754307
Serie
Opere di Sherri L. Smith
American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky (2024) 11 copie
Avatar - Das Blut von Pandora 1 1 copia
Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path #3 1 copia
Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path #1 1 copia
Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path #2 1 copia
Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path #4 1 copia
Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path #6 1 copia
Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path #5 1 copia
Pearl: A Graphic Novel 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1971
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 30
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 2,451
- Popolarità
- #10,464
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 101
- ISBN
- 115
- Lingue
- 4
Granted, despite the publisher's description, I wouldn't call the book a romance. Taro and Hana don't meet each other until about halfway through the novel, and even from there, they don't have the most interaction.
While I liked the nonchronological unfolding of the story, much of the book ambles along through the separate lives of two young people, unknown to each other, who'll cross paths...eventually. I appreciate the story's sense of setting and culture, but perhaps some scenes could have been edited down or omitted to keep the plot moving forward. I think it stalls the progress in a fiction read when, for instance, the narrative spends multiple paragraphs describing how a certain lunch is prepared. The reading was on the slow side for me until some point during the second half.
Still, the novel has moments of aching exquisiteness. Moments of ethereal brilliance, even when they're bittersweet. Those moments were enough to keep me reading until the story truly came alive for me.
Besides, having enjoyed historical fiction from this author before—and after seeing the poignant blend of war, understated emotion, and quiet beauty displayed on the book cover—I wouldn't have been able to resist seeing just how the title and the plot would come together.… (altro)