Ophelia After All
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A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Ophelia After All, the hilarious and heartfelt contemporary YA debut by Racquel Marie.
Ophelia Rojas knows what she likes: her best friends, Cuban food, rose-gardening, and boys - way too many boys. Her friends and parents make fun of her endless stream of crushes, but Ophelia is a romantic at heart. She couldn't change, even if she wanted to.
So when she finds herself thinking more about cute, quiet Talia Sanchez than the loss of a perfect prom with her ex-boyfriend, seeds of doubt take root in Ophelia's firm image of herself. Add to that the impending end of high school and the fracturing of her once-solid friend group, and things are spiraling a little out of control. But the course of love - and sexuality - never did run smooth. As her secrets begin to unravel, Ophelia must make a choice between clinging to the fantasy version of herself she's always imagined or upending everyone's expectations to rediscover who she really is, after all.
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Für junge Leute definitiv empfehlenswert
Ich mochte den Schreibstil sehr gerne und auch die Charaktere. Man wird relativ schnell mit sehr vielen Personen vertraut gemacht, die einem aber sehr ans Herz wachsen. Ophelias Geschichte fand ich sehr schön geschrieben, leicht und doch mit einer großen Portion Ernsthaftigkeit und vor allem Bildung, die man in jungen Jahren vielleicht braucht. Themen wie Selbstakzeptanz, Coming Out, seinen Weg finden und Freundschaft werden hier schön aufgegriffen und verarbeitet. Süßes Buch für zwischendurch!
Every once in a while I ask myself whether I’m getting too old for YA. So much of it feels formulaic, done before and uninspired, but now and then I come across a gem like this that reminds me of the importance of this genre. Of how hard being a teenager is, how confusing growing up is and how much first love hurts. This is such a beautiful book. It re-sparked not only my love for gardening, but the love interest reminded me so much of a girl I was once in love with that it kinda scared me. Absolutely gorgeous, heartfelt and believable.
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1 reviews
Mood
Protagonist(s)
Pace
Writing Style
Description
A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Ophelia After All, the hilarious and heartfelt contemporary YA debut by Racquel Marie.
Ophelia Rojas knows what she likes: her best friends, Cuban food, rose-gardening, and boys - way too many boys. Her friends and parents make fun of her endless stream of crushes, but Ophelia is a romantic at heart. She couldn't change, even if she wanted to.
So when she finds herself thinking more about cute, quiet Talia Sanchez than the loss of a perfect prom with her ex-boyfriend, seeds of doubt take root in Ophelia's firm image of herself. Add to that the impending end of high school and the fracturing of her once-solid friend group, and things are spiraling a little out of control. But the course of love - and sexuality - never did run smooth. As her secrets begin to unravel, Ophelia must make a choice between clinging to the fantasy version of herself she's always imagined or upending everyone's expectations to rediscover who she really is, after all.
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Für junge Leute definitiv empfehlenswert
Ich mochte den Schreibstil sehr gerne und auch die Charaktere. Man wird relativ schnell mit sehr vielen Personen vertraut gemacht, die einem aber sehr ans Herz wachsen. Ophelias Geschichte fand ich sehr schön geschrieben, leicht und doch mit einer großen Portion Ernsthaftigkeit und vor allem Bildung, die man in jungen Jahren vielleicht braucht. Themen wie Selbstakzeptanz, Coming Out, seinen Weg finden und Freundschaft werden hier schön aufgegriffen und verarbeitet. Süßes Buch für zwischendurch!
Every once in a while I ask myself whether I’m getting too old for YA. So much of it feels formulaic, done before and uninspired, but now and then I come across a gem like this that reminds me of the importance of this genre. Of how hard being a teenager is, how confusing growing up is and how much first love hurts. This is such a beautiful book. It re-sparked not only my love for gardening, but the love interest reminded me so much of a girl I was once in love with that it kinda scared me. Absolutely gorgeous, heartfelt and believable.