Aqueles que marcaram o ano de 2012 - parte I

Já devo ter dito por aí (o ano passado provavelmente) que sou incapaz de fazer uma lista pequena de favoritos. O meu coração é demasiado grande e cabem lá demasiados livros, ai ai. Ainda pior, para além de destacar os meus livros favoritos do ano, desta vez não pude deixar de destacar as desilusões, alguns personagens ou relações favoritas do ano, e citações memoráveis. Estas últimas não são listas exaustivas, mas sim meramente representativas de algumas coisas que me marcaram o ano. O problema é, ficou um post demasiado grande. O resultado? Dividi o post ao meio. Hoje temos as desilusões literárias, as personagens, relações e citações memoráveis. Amanhã, os livros favoritos.

As desilusões literárias de 2012

A Cidade dos Anjos Caídos, Cassandra Clare

A desilusão suprema. Nada fez sentido neste livro, tendo em conta a saga. Prefiro esquecer que ele existe.

Incarceron, Catherine Fisher

Mau desenvolvimento de personagens, péssimo desenvolvimento da acção.

Acácia, David Anthony Durham

Ainda me estou a perguntar que raio é que li aqui. Tanta comparação ao George R.R. Martin, tanta boa crítica, e não senti nada a não ser um balde de água fria. A intriga é pouco credível e o desenvolvimento de personagens e enredo é ridículo. Mas tinha potencial. Uma boa edição tinha ajudado.

The Vincent Boys, Abbi Gilnes

Meh... a prova que não é boa ideia publicar um autor indie/auto-publicado sem revisão e melhoramento do livro, se este precisar.

Stormdancer, Jay Kristoff

Achei que ia gostar muito mais do que gostei. Tanta descrição no início quase deu cabo de mim.

Changeling, Philippa Gregory

Mau marketing, má sinopse... quem foi o palerma que achou que era boa ideia dar a entender que isto tinha uma pitada de fantástico/paranormal quando não tem? Para uma autora tão conceituada, o desenvolvimento da narrativa e de personagens é péssimo. Alguém informe esta senhora que YA não equivale a livros mal escritos.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky

Grita, Laurie Halse Anderson

Ligação emocional ao protagonista procura-se.

Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James

Bem, este não é bem uma desilusão, é mesmo mau. Mas ei, inspirou-me a criar um drinking game, por isso dou-lhe um desconto.

Personagens memoráveis

• Verity, Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein
• Celaena, Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas
• Ismae, Grave Mercy, Robin La Fevers
• Locke Lamora, As Mentiras de Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch
• Mercy Thompson, série Mercy Thompson, Patricia Briggs
• Bilbo Baggins, O Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
• Jenks, série The Hollows, Kim Harrison
• Lisbeth Salander, Os Homens que Odeiam as Mulheres, Stieg Larsson
• Deryn Sharp, Golias, Scott Westerfeld
• Buruu, Stormdancer, Jay Kirstoff

Relações memoráveis

• Riley e Beck, série The Demon Trappers, Jana Oliver
• Anna e Étienne, Anna and the French Kiss, Stephanie Perkins
• Kaylee e *spoiler*, série Soul Screamers, Rachel Vincent
• Maddie e Verity, Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein
• Celaena e Chaol, Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas
• Colin Bridgerton e Penelope Featherington, Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, Julia Quinn
• Francesca Bridgerton Stirling, Michael Sitrling, When He Was Wicked, Julia Quinn
• Kaylee e Sabine, série Soul Screamers, Rachel Vincent
• Katy e Daemon, série Lux, Jennifer L. Armentrout
• Mercy Thompson e Adam Hauptman, série Mercy Thompson, Patricia Briggs

Citações memoráveis

1984, George Orwell

• "The best books... are those that tell you what you know already."
• "If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable - what then?"

Days of Blood and Starlight, Laini Taylor

• "It was brave. It was rare. It was love, and it was beautiful."
• "I will give them nightmares to haunt their dreams long after I'm gone."

Anna and the French Kiss, Stephanie Perkins

• "The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you."
• "French name, English accent, American school. Anna confused."
• "Boys turns girls into such idiots."

Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas

• "She watched him, her head angled. He sometimes felt that she looked at him the way a cat regards a mouse. He just wondered how long it would take for her to pounce."
• "This was all she had left - his outstretched hand, and the promise of hope, of something better waiting on the other side of the line."

If I Die, Rachel Vincent

• "I think it doesn't hurt to let someone else do the rescuing every now and then, when your own armor starts to get banged up."
• "You’re the brightest thing I’ve ever seen, Kaylee. You’re this beautiful ball of fire spitting sparks out at the world, burning fiercely, holding back the dark by sheer will. And I always knew that if I reached out—if I tried to touch you—I’d get burned. Because you’re not mine. I’m not supposed to feel the fire. I’m not supposed to want it. But I do. I want you, Kaylee, like I’ve never wanted anything. Ever. I want the fire. I want the heat, and the light, and I want the burn."
• "There's a good kind of crazy, Kaylee," he insisted softly, reaching out to wrap his warm hand around mine. "It's the kind that makes you think about things that make your head hurt, because not thinking about them is the coward's way out. The kind that makes you touch people who bruise your soul, just because they need to be touched. This is the kind of crazy that lets you stare out into the darkness and rage at eternity, while it stares back at you, ready to swallow you whole." Tod leaned closer, staring into my eyes so intently I was sure he could see everything I was thinking, but too afraid to say. "I've seen you fight, Kaylee. I've seen you step into that darkness for someone else, then claw your way out, bruised, but still standing. You're that kind of crazy, and I live in that darkness. Together, we'd take crazy to a whole new level."

As Mentiras de Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch

• "Some day, Locke Lamora," he said, "some day, you’re going to fuck up so magnificently, so ambitiously, so overwhelmingly that the sky will light up and the moons will spin and the gods themselves will shit comets with glee. And I just hope that I’m still around to see it." "Oh please," said Locke, "it’ll never happen"

A Revolta, Suzanne Collins

• "Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear."
• "You love me. Real or not real?"
• "I drag myself out of nightmares each morning and find there's no relief in waking."
• "Now we're in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated. But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction."
• "A pang of jealousy hits me. Not for either Finnick or Annie but for their certainty. No one seeing them could doubt their love."
• "Peeta bakes. I hunt. Haymitch drinks until the liquor runs out."

Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein

• "It's like being in love, discovering your best friend."
• "KISS ME, HARDY! Kiss me, QUICK!"
• "Please come back soon. The window is always open."
• "There's glory and honor in being chosen. But not much room for free will."
• "We make a sensational team."