#reconstructing amelia

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BADASS QUEER CHARACTERS OF LITERATURE

dylan crosby (wlw) from “reconstructing amelia” by kimberly mccreight.

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BADASS QUEER CHARACTERS OF LITERATURE

amelia baron (lesbian) from “reconstructing amelia” by kimberly mccreight

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“Sometimes its hard to tell how fast the current's moving until you're headed over a waterfall”

- Reconstructing Amelia

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“Everyone has beacons. Lights that guide them home.”

- Reconstructing Amelia

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Kimberly McCreight :  Zrozumieć Amelię

Wydawnictwo Bukowy Las z całego serducha dziękuję za cudowną niespodziankę w postaci egzemplarza tej powieści. Znacie autorkę i jej twórczość? Zamierzacie sięgnąć po tę książkę? Przyznam, że jestem jej bardzo ciekawa, ponieważ książka „Małżeństwo doskonałe” była niesamowita! Jeśli czytaliście „Małżeństwo doskonałe”, podzielcie się swoimi wrażeniami! A może jesteście już po lekturze powieści „Zrozumieć Amelię”? Dajcie znać w komentarzu - jestem ciekawa, czy przypadła wam do gustu ta powieść. Poniżej zostawiam wam opis tej książki - może zachęci was do sięgnięcia po nią. opis wydawcy: Wciągająca i przerażająca powieść łącząca historię kryminalną z dramatem rodzinnym Kate Baron, prawniczka i samotna matka, odbiera telefon ze szkoły swojej córki. Amelia – inteligentna, zdolna piętnastolatka – została przyłapana na ściąganiu. Gdy kobieta dociera do prywatnej szkoły, dowiaduje się, że córka nie żyje – skoczyła z dachu. Zrozpaczona matka wierzy w policyjną wersję zdarzeń aż do chwili, gdy dostaje anonimowego SMS-a. Kate zamierza poznać prawdę – bez względu na konsekwencje. Przegląda maile córki, jej SMS-y i wpisy na Facebooku, rekonstruując z urywków prawdziwe życie Amelii. Odkrywa, dlaczego feralnego dnia znalazła się na dachu Grace Hall i jak naprawdę zginęła... Historia o sekretach i kłamstwach, przyjaciołach i prześladowcach oraz o tym, jak daleko może posunąć się matka, by zrehabilitować córkę, której życia nie była w stanie ocalić.

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My Review Of Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

2 stars

The thing that I've had to say about this book since page 10 is that the adults in the book are creepy and horrible. On page 10, Amelia's mother Kate outright sexualizes her daughter, saying "...Amelia was a beautiful girl. Sexy now, too, in her low rise jeans and fitted tank top.". Now while it would be a little bit different if it was a complete stranger thinking that about Amelia, that thought comes from her own mother. The adults in this book are also childish and have honestly no pure thoughts. Amelia is bullied by grown man about who her actual father is. Jeremy, a 40-something year old man, creates a whole character of a teenage boy just to try and be Amelia's friend like there wasn't any other choice. Jeremy also actively told Amelia that he loved her and talked about her and her friends sex life with her. Zadie's mother, Adele, ruined Amelia's life because Kate slept with Jeremy almost two decades ago. Liv, Amelia's english teacher and mentor, wrote a Gossip Girl style blog about her students sex lives, calling the girls sl*ts and wh*res and spreading disgusting rumors about students sleeping with teachers. The adults in this book are disgusting and I believe that reflects back on the fact that McCreight, the author of this book, continuously writes about 15 year old girls having sex while being an adult herself. I cannot be the only one who finds that weird. This book didn't do much right, with the teenage texting slang looking atrocious and Kate's rage and inability to hold her tongue or control her actions was embarrassing and again, childish. The only part in the book that I like is Lieutenant Thompson (Lew). In my opinion, Lew and Amelia are the only redeemable parts/characters of this whole book. And, honestly, that speaks volumes.

I would also like to say that this book is sh*t for suicide awareness. While this might not be the intention of the book, the fact that the main character is accused of committing suicide should mean that this book speaks of it in a more well mannered and meaningful way. This book treats it as something dirty, something that is shameful to think about or that you should always second guess if someone actually killed themself. I personally thought that, if in the end, Amelia actually did kill herself, it would make a lot of sense. Her life, her heart, and her future had effectively been ruined by a group of mean girls. It makes sense for her to see no home, no reason to carry on. But this book and the characters, especially Kate, treat this option as something that could have never happened when it 100% could have. And even if Amelia hadn't killed herself, why is Kate against the idea of raising money for teenage suicide prevention. Even if she believed something fishy happened with Amelia, let the others who knew her grieve and raise money for a good cause anyways. I'm not saying Kate was a bad mother but she could've been a better one.

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USA : Reconstructing Amelia, by Kimberly McCreight

Goodreads :

In Reconstructing Amelia, the stunning debut novel from Kimberly McCreight, Kate's in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughter’s exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amelia has been suspended, effective immediately, and Kate must come get her daughter—now. But Kate’s stress over leaving work quickly turns to panic when she arrives at the school and finds it surrounded by police officers, fire trucks, and an ambulance. By then it’s already too late for Amelia. And for Kate. An academic overachiever despondent over getting caught cheating has jumped to her death. At least that’s the story Grace Hall tells Kate. And clouded as she is by her guilt and grief, it is the one she forces herself to believe. Until she gets an anonymous text: She didn’t jump. Reconstructing Amelia is about secret first loves, old friendships, and an all-girls club steeped in tradition. But, most of all, it’s the story of how far a mother will go to vindicate the memory of a daughter whose life she couldn’t save. Fans of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl will find Reconstructing Ameliajust as gripping and surprising.