What do you think?
Rate this book
Herido
A los diecisiete años, Mathéo Walsh parece tenerlo todo. Es un campeón de salto y tiene una prometedora carrera deportiva. Es atractivo, buen estudiante, tiene amigos y vive en una de las mejores áreas de Londres.
Y lo más importante de todo: está muy enamorado de su novia, Lola. Siempre ha sido un buen chico. Hasta el fin de semana en que todo cambia... pero del que no recuerda nada. Ya no sabe cómo disfrutar, no quiere pasar tiempo con sus amigos ni tampoco bajo el agua, su elemento natural hasta ahora. Poco a poco, Mathéo se verá obligado a recuperar la memoria y lo que emerge es el retrato de un monstruo.
Y lo más importante de todo: está muy enamorado de su novia, Lola. Siempre ha sido un buen chico. Hasta el fin de semana en que todo cambia... pero del que no recuerda nada. Ya no sabe cómo disfrutar, no quiere pasar tiempo con sus amigos ni tampoco bajo el agua, su elemento natural hasta ahora. Poco a poco, Mathéo se verá obligado a recuperar la memoria y lo que emerge es el retrato de un monstruo.
288 pages, Paperback
First published September 5, 2013
99 people are currently reading
9569 people want to read
About the author
Tabitha Suzuma
6 books3,557 followersAdd me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tabitha.suzuma
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabithaSuzuma
Tabitha Suzuma was born in London, the eldest of five children. She attended a French school in the UK and grew up bilingual. However, she hated school and would sit at the back of the class and write stories, which she got away with because her teachers thought she was taking notes. Aged fourteen, Tabitha left school against her parents' wishes. She continued her education through distance learning and went on to study French Literature at King's College London.
After graduating, Tabitha trained as a primary school teacher and whilst teaching full-time, wrote her first novel.
A NOTE OF MADNESS tells the story of seventeen-year-old Flynn, a piano prodigy who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
In 2004 Tabitha Suzuma left classroom teaching to divide her time between writing and tutoring. This gave her time to write her next four novels:
FROM WHERE I STAND - a psychological thriller about Raven, a deeply disturbed teenager in foster care who self-harms and harbours a dreadful secret.
WITHOUT LOOKING BACK - about teenage dance sensation Louis, who suddenly finds himself uprooted from his home and whisked abroad on holiday by his mentally unstable father, until he sees his face on a missing person's poster.
A VOICE IN THE DISTANCE - a sequel to A NOTE OF MADNESS about Flynn and his continuing struggle to cope with his bipolar disorder without jeopardising his career or losing the girl he loves.
FORBIDDEN - Maya and Lochan are in love... But they are brother and sister.
Published in six different languages, this is her most controversial and heart-breaking novel to date.
HURT (out Sept 2013) - At seventeen, Matheo Walsh is Britain's most promising diving champion. He is wealthy, popular - and there's Lola, the girlfriend of his dreams. But then there was that weekend. A weekend he cannot bring himself to remember. All he knows is that what happened has changed him. Mathéo is faced with the most devastating choice of his life. Keep his secret, and put those closest to him in terrible danger. Or confess, and lose Lola for ever . . .
Tabitha Suzuma's books have been nominated for a number of awards including the Carnegie Medal, the Waterstone's Book Prize, the Jugendliteraturpreis and the Branford Boase Book Award. She has won the Young Minds Award, the Stockport Book Award, and the Premio Speciale Cariparma for European Literature.
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TabithaSuzuma
Tabitha Suzuma was born in London, the eldest of five children. She attended a French school in the UK and grew up bilingual. However, she hated school and would sit at the back of the class and write stories, which she got away with because her teachers thought she was taking notes. Aged fourteen, Tabitha left school against her parents' wishes. She continued her education through distance learning and went on to study French Literature at King's College London.
After graduating, Tabitha trained as a primary school teacher and whilst teaching full-time, wrote her first novel.
A NOTE OF MADNESS tells the story of seventeen-year-old Flynn, a piano prodigy who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
In 2004 Tabitha Suzuma left classroom teaching to divide her time between writing and tutoring. This gave her time to write her next four novels:
FROM WHERE I STAND - a psychological thriller about Raven, a deeply disturbed teenager in foster care who self-harms and harbours a dreadful secret.
WITHOUT LOOKING BACK - about teenage dance sensation Louis, who suddenly finds himself uprooted from his home and whisked abroad on holiday by his mentally unstable father, until he sees his face on a missing person's poster.
A VOICE IN THE DISTANCE - a sequel to A NOTE OF MADNESS about Flynn and his continuing struggle to cope with his bipolar disorder without jeopardising his career or losing the girl he loves.
FORBIDDEN - Maya and Lochan are in love... But they are brother and sister.
Published in six different languages, this is her most controversial and heart-breaking novel to date.
HURT (out Sept 2013) - At seventeen, Matheo Walsh is Britain's most promising diving champion. He is wealthy, popular - and there's Lola, the girlfriend of his dreams. But then there was that weekend. A weekend he cannot bring himself to remember. All he knows is that what happened has changed him. Mathéo is faced with the most devastating choice of his life. Keep his secret, and put those closest to him in terrible danger. Or confess, and lose Lola for ever . . .
Tabitha Suzuma's books have been nominated for a number of awards including the Carnegie Medal, the Waterstone's Book Prize, the Jugendliteraturpreis and the Branford Boase Book Award. She has won the Young Minds Award, the Stockport Book Award, and the Premio Speciale Cariparma for European Literature.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 458 reviews
September 9, 2013
There are now three years and over five hundred books between me and my completion of Suzuma's Forbidden. The last three years have seen my reading tastes change a lot; books I used to love often start to pale in comparison to newer treasures who do similar things but do them far better. So I don't know how I would feel if I read Forbidden now but, going on memory alone, I recall liking it a lot. I thought the author was brave to tackle such a controversial and edgy subject. And I thought it was sad, emotional, moving, powerful... you get me, I'm sure. Basically, all the usual adjectives applied to teen "problem books" that are done well. Well, whether it's me who has changed or the author, I can't say without doing a re-read but I can say that I found Hurt to be painfully melodramatic. So much so that the very important subject it focuses on felt like nothing more than fuel for cheap shock tactics.
The book started reasonably well, even if the third person present tense took some getting used to. My memory is fuzzy but there seemed to be a lot more attention paid to detailed descriptions of people and surroundings in this than there was in Forbidden. It's not a complaint; I actually found myself admiring Suzuma's pretty writing in the first couple of chapters. The story opens with a confused Matheo Walsh waking up in his destroyed bedroom. He knows that something isn't right, that there's a memory he can't quite recall of something... something really bad. We then get a flashback to bring us to up to speed with who Matheo is. He's a popular, good-looking, diving champion who seems headed for Olympic gold. He has good friends and a girlfriend who loves him. So the question is: what could have possibly happened to this boy who has everything to turn his life upside down?
I'm not going to come out and say what this book is about - even though I don't think it's particularly hard to guess - but I do think it's something that more needs to be written about. Only recently I was thinking how very few books seem to address this subject after I read another book that touched upon it. I will spoiler tag the name of this other book because, if you've read it, it will obviously give a big part of the story away. It's up to you if you want to know what I'm referring to - . Anyway, in my opinion, the approach of this other book worked much better for me. It was more subtle and the build-up to the reveal didn't feel quite so melodramatic and cringy. I couldn't shake the feeling that every emotion portrayed in Hurt was over the top and disingenuous.
There's a lot of drama in this novel that feels like a plot tool to stretch out the length of the book. A lot of Matheo's feelings are repeated constantly. Every other paragraph seems to include a metaphor for his emotional state, like him jumping from a plane without a parachute or something equally trite. It also focuses a lot on the romance between Matheo and his girlfriend (Lola) and how this is affected by what happens. I understand why it was important, in part, but I got tired of Matheo and Lola's conversations going around in the same circles of "Are you okay, sweetheart?" "No, but I can't tell you why" "Yes you can, I love you" "No I can't" *storms off dramatically* A lot of Hurt seems to be about the characters wandering around in the same cycles of conversation and thought until Matheo eventually admits what's wrong.
Lola also annoyed me the more the book went on. She is an astonishingly under-developed character despite having such a central role to play in the story. She exists in this book solely as Matheo's girlfriend; she seems to live for him and not have a thought for anything beyond him and their relationship. Who is she? What does she want other than Matheo? What does she care about? She stands by waiting to tell Matheo she loves him when the occasion calls for it. Other than that, though, she is nothing more than a throwaway character.
In the other book I mentioned before, the big reveal doesn't matter so much. It matters only in that we care about the main character and want him to be okay (well, I did). The problem with Hurt is how everything is built up around the mystery of what happened to Matheo and who was responsible for it. So if, like me, you manage to figure out (from a bunch of clues that were totally obvious, if you ask me) exactly what is going on, then there's little else here for you. Everything about this book felt contrived and full of melodrama that left me cold and unmoved. There's also a nice big tragedy at the end that only made me angry and annoyed at the stupid characters and the book itself. Very disappointed.
Two stars for writing about an important issue and not completely boring me. But no more because of everything I've said above.
Want to read
September 14, 2013 DNF
maybe I'll read it another time :((
maybe I'll read it another time :((
September 11, 2013
3 STARS
Only because it was not a 2-star read for me, but the disappointment level was pretty high.
Since this book was heavy on the metaphors of guilt, insanity and loving on the edge of pain I'll start with a metaphor of my own.
Reading this book felt like seeing a beautifully framed photo, in some picturesque place somewhere with two strangers in it and something poetic scribbled artfully in the scene.
But you're still in your house. Wearing your pajamas at 2 in the afternoon. Eating empty calories in bed (it's my day off work… I promise I'm not a slob everyday).
I was never taken THERE. There's a certain… detachment at play. Like an out of body experience, watching someone try to manipulate me into feeling something, doing all these tricks and stunts and gimmicks while I stand by and watch with mild clinical interest.
With that blurb in mind, just be aware that the mystery of what happened to Matheo will be your driving force to read on for the good first half of the book. You get a glimpse of him waking up in the hazy aftermath of the events that he cannot remember. You get a sense that something terrible has happened but the clues don't add up. Then you're taken for a ride to see a couple of days in the life of Matheo Walsh: top diver in the continent trying to balance out that desire to stay on top and his growing dissent of his parents' will to control his life, perfect girlfriend, perfect friends.
Until that day.
So basically this book goes:
I don't know, I feel like all that length and energy was just focusing on that non-mystery. When some of it could've been expended giving some more depth into Matheo and Lola's characters. After reading this, I felt like I was being forced to be sympathetic about two people I know nothing about because bad things happened to them. The alternative being I'm a cold heartless person who doesn't deserve a puppy.
Neither came across likable and I don't understand why they are in love with each other. And for a story relying heavily on that relationship, this book didn't give a good enough argument to make me believe all that devastating declaration of love. Their moments together felt superficial at best, one that not even Tabitha Suzuma's gorgeous prose could help.
Which, as I have experienced with Forbidden, is very much true for this one. The many ways she describes sunlight filtering through a window, Matheo performing a dive, the cacophony of the world going on while Matheo watches growing more insane… beautiful. But I find her busting out one too many frou-frou phrases in too close succession, sometimes to the point of redundancy, without reprieve of dialogue. I found myself reading with interest then slowly drifting away midway through.
That was just half the paragraph. Now think of every chapter having several of that. At one point and I found myself dreading it.
Because that place has an ocean. And trees. And mountains. And all that fucking nature to be poetic about. Not to mention the feels! The feels that will be described lengthily! Repeatedly!
The only thing keeping me from calling this a literary masturbatory exercise is the actual weight of the subject matter that it tackles. Because it is quite heavy and one that is a novelty for me. And maybe all that detailed description of characters bathed in brightness and sunshine (something I also noticed in Forbidden) should perfectly contrast the darkness and the growing void eating Matheo away but I could very well just be making excuses for all that… imaginary glare.
The best part of this book was Loic. His scene with Matheo, while still coming off contrived, still did the job of making me feel without the ever looming hysteria I seem to sense in every scene. And once you have it figured out and even beyond Matheo's confession, the drama goes into hyperdrive… one that I couldn't get fully on board.
The books that we love, we remember the smallest details. The little things that made our hearts skip a beat. Sadly, this one I'll just remember for the stunt it failed in pulling.
Only because it was not a 2-star read for me, but the disappointment level was pretty high.
Since this book was heavy on the metaphors of guilt, insanity and loving on the edge of pain I'll start with a metaphor of my own.
Reading this book felt like seeing a beautifully framed photo, in some picturesque place somewhere with two strangers in it and something poetic scribbled artfully in the scene.
But you're still in your house. Wearing your pajamas at 2 in the afternoon. Eating empty calories in bed (it's my day off work… I promise I'm not a slob everyday).
I was never taken THERE. There's a certain… detachment at play. Like an out of body experience, watching someone try to manipulate me into feeling something, doing all these tricks and stunts and gimmicks while I stand by and watch with mild clinical interest.
With that blurb in mind, just be aware that the mystery of what happened to Matheo will be your driving force to read on for the good first half of the book. You get a glimpse of him waking up in the hazy aftermath of the events that he cannot remember. You get a sense that something terrible has happened but the clues don't add up. Then you're taken for a ride to see a couple of days in the life of Matheo Walsh: top diver in the continent trying to balance out that desire to stay on top and his growing dissent of his parents' will to control his life, perfect girlfriend, perfect friends.
Until that day.
So basically this book goes:
✔ Matheo can't remember and you (the reader) don't know what happened.
✔ He starts to remember parts of it but you still don't know what happened.
✔ He claims to know what happened but you still don't know, and he won't fucking tell.
✔ He may or may not know the entirety of it but you'll cease to care because you've already figured everything out, probably more than Matheo did. And at that point, you're just watching this book twist and bend itself backwards trying to confuse you and keep you from knowing what went on, while you tolerate its efforts with bemusement.
I don't know, I feel like all that length and energy was just focusing on that non-mystery. When some of it could've been expended giving some more depth into Matheo and Lola's characters. After reading this, I felt like I was being forced to be sympathetic about two people I know nothing about because bad things happened to them. The alternative being I'm a cold heartless person who doesn't deserve a puppy.
Neither came across likable and I don't understand why they are in love with each other. And for a story relying heavily on that relationship, this book didn't give a good enough argument to make me believe all that devastating declaration of love. Their moments together felt superficial at best, one that not even Tabitha Suzuma's gorgeous prose could help.
Which, as I have experienced with Forbidden, is very much true for this one. The many ways she describes sunlight filtering through a window, Matheo performing a dive, the cacophony of the world going on while Matheo watches growing more insane… beautiful. But I find her busting out one too many frou-frou phrases in too close succession, sometimes to the point of redundancy, without reprieve of dialogue. I found myself reading with interest then slowly drifting away midway through.
Tilting his head back, he stares up as the wide swath of bottomless sky falters from purple, to Prussian blue, to violet - a pink smear cutting a path above the horizon like the mark on a child's finger painting. Haloes of light converge and cover the paling mist, turning it a sanctifying white as it falls like dust over the rocky headlands, the trees and bushes dark cut-outs against the rising sun. Below, the sea spreads out before him, whispering and wrinkled, sunlight dancing on the moving water.
That was just half the paragraph. Now think of every chapter having several of that. At one point and I found myself dreading it.
Because that place has an ocean. And trees. And mountains. And all that fucking nature to be poetic about. Not to mention the feels! The feels that will be described lengthily! Repeatedly!
The only thing keeping me from calling this a literary masturbatory exercise is the actual weight of the subject matter that it tackles. Because it is quite heavy and one that is a novelty for me. And maybe all that detailed description of characters bathed in brightness and sunshine (something I also noticed in Forbidden) should perfectly contrast the darkness and the growing void eating Matheo away but I could very well just be making excuses for all that… imaginary glare.
The best part of this book was Loic. His scene with Matheo, while still coming off contrived, still did the job of making me feel without the ever looming hysteria I seem to sense in every scene. And once you have it figured out and even beyond Matheo's confession, the drama goes into hyperdrive… one that I couldn't get fully on board.
The books that we love, we remember the smallest details. The little things that made our hearts skip a beat. Sadly, this one I'll just remember for the stunt it failed in pulling.
October 17, 2018
¡Madre mía!. No sé que tienen los libros de Tabitha que al terminarlos me deja con el corazón roto. Desde luego sus historias no te dejan indiferente. La única pega que le pongo al libro, es que es demasiado narrativo para mi gusto.
September 28, 2016
5 HEARTBREAKING, SOUL CRUSHING STARS
I'm all over the place right now, so this review might not make any sense to you at all
First of all, this is NOT a happy book. It was so consuming, I started crying from chapter 1. No ! No ! From the Prologue.
The way Tabitha Suzuma wrote this story was so beautiful and excellently done. I felt myself falling into the words and being wholly consumed by the emotions and feelings in them. OH MY GOD ! It was a roller coaster. It was like i was experiencing every little damn thing Mathéo was feeling and it was horrifying and overwhelming. The title doesn't even cover the feelings of Pain in it. Yet, the love in there was so pure, compassionate and beautiful. The kind of love that push all the pain away.And towards the end, i found myself covering my ears, curling up on myself and weeping like a child.
YES THIS BOOK IS ON MY FAVORITES SHELF Because few books manage to reach into my soul like that, and this one deserves it worthily.
I'm all over the place right now, so this review might not make any sense to you at all
First of all, this is NOT a happy book. It was so consuming, I started crying from chapter 1. No ! No ! From the Prologue.
The way Tabitha Suzuma wrote this story was so beautiful and excellently done. I felt myself falling into the words and being wholly consumed by the emotions and feelings in them. OH MY GOD ! It was a roller coaster. It was like i was experiencing every little damn thing Mathéo was feeling and it was horrifying and overwhelming. The title doesn't even cover the feelings of Pain in it. Yet, the love in there was so pure, compassionate and beautiful. The kind of love that push all the pain away.
YES THIS BOOK IS ON MY FAVORITES SHELF Because few books manage to reach into my soul like that, and this one deserves it worthily.
August 13, 2022
Primero decir que de esta autora había leído "Prohibido" que me encantó y me dejó ojiplatica.
Esta autora tiene el don de hablar de temas un tanto peliagudos de una forma natural y sencilla.
En este libro nos muestra la vida de ensueño de un chaval que opta a los juegos Olímpicos, tiene una novia que le adora y unos padres un tanto exigentes pero lo compensa con unos amigos que están ahí para cuando lo necesiten. Todo cambia en un fin de semana y desde entonces nos muestra la angustia de no saber si es mejor contar o quedarse callado ( puede parecer en este punto que marea un poco con lo cuento no lo cuento) ,el saber que cuando todo se destape el mundo como lo conoce dejará de existir y el final como siempre pasa con esta autora sorprendente y trágico.
Esta autora tiene el don de hablar de temas un tanto peliagudos de una forma natural y sencilla.
En este libro nos muestra la vida de ensueño de un chaval que opta a los juegos Olímpicos, tiene una novia que le adora y unos padres un tanto exigentes pero lo compensa con unos amigos que están ahí para cuando lo necesiten. Todo cambia en un fin de semana y desde entonces nos muestra la angustia de no saber si es mejor contar o quedarse callado ( puede parecer en este punto que marea un poco con lo cuento no lo cuento) ,el saber que cuando todo se destape el mundo como lo conoce dejará de existir y el final como siempre pasa con esta autora sorprendente y trágico.
January 27, 2015
I literally have no idea where to begin with this review nor am I sure I have the words to do it justice. What follows is probably going to be a ramble about what I think since I have read this glorious book.
Hurt is the story of Mattie. Mattie wakes up one day with his room smashed to pieces and no memory of why it is so or why from that day on he no longer feels anything and is so sad he is crying himself to sleep most evenings. On the face of it he has it all. A shot at gold at the Olympics as a rising star in the diving world training with the best trainer in the world, a beautiful girlfriend, a world class education and a luxury home. Mattie needs to remember what happened in order to come to terms with what he's been through to help him piece his world back together again.
I loved this book. I loved getting to know Mattie and seeing the contrast between his world that was and the one he was currently living in since the incident. I loved the relationship with his girlfriend Lola and seeing how that develops as the book goes on. I also loved seeing how clinical the one with his parents had become which him being used almost as a sign of their status and being paraded out in front of others with no real thought for what Mattie was feeling. Also the scenes with Mattie and his younger brother have to be the most heartfelt and gorgeous scenes I have ever read between two brothers.
I can't tell you too much about this book. Doing so would ruin it completely for you. The story is beautifully written and has you drawn in from the outset to the character's world and you just need to know more. I literally couldn't put it down especially once the revelations started to come out. They smack you straight in the chest shocking you to the core and playing havoc with your emotions. My jaw literally dropped at several points throughout the book and was followed up with me being hit in the face with raw emotion. What is masterful about this book is you don't see it coming and the revelations just keep coming. By the end of the story I was left an emotional wreck after everything I had been through with Mattie.
A stunning book which is beautifully written and packs and emotional punch which will leave you reeling.
Hurt is the story of Mattie. Mattie wakes up one day with his room smashed to pieces and no memory of why it is so or why from that day on he no longer feels anything and is so sad he is crying himself to sleep most evenings. On the face of it he has it all. A shot at gold at the Olympics as a rising star in the diving world training with the best trainer in the world, a beautiful girlfriend, a world class education and a luxury home. Mattie needs to remember what happened in order to come to terms with what he's been through to help him piece his world back together again.
I loved this book. I loved getting to know Mattie and seeing the contrast between his world that was and the one he was currently living in since the incident. I loved the relationship with his girlfriend Lola and seeing how that develops as the book goes on. I also loved seeing how clinical the one with his parents had become which him being used almost as a sign of their status and being paraded out in front of others with no real thought for what Mattie was feeling. Also the scenes with Mattie and his younger brother have to be the most heartfelt and gorgeous scenes I have ever read between two brothers.
I can't tell you too much about this book. Doing so would ruin it completely for you. The story is beautifully written and has you drawn in from the outset to the character's world and you just need to know more. I literally couldn't put it down especially once the revelations started to come out. They smack you straight in the chest shocking you to the core and playing havoc with your emotions. My jaw literally dropped at several points throughout the book and was followed up with me being hit in the face with raw emotion. What is masterful about this book is you don't see it coming and the revelations just keep coming. By the end of the story I was left an emotional wreck after everything I had been through with Mattie.
A stunning book which is beautifully written and packs and emotional punch which will leave you reeling.
October 18, 2014
The book started out really great, the prologue left me with hundred questions of what happened and when its going to happen. In the first chapters we were introduced to Mathéo's life before the event that-ultimetly-changed-his-life, and at first it was interesting, his relationships with his friends and how others saw him etc., though I found myself bored really fast with all the detailed descriptions of how his house looks like and how many rooms he has, and how Lola looks like when she smiles. Sometimes detail is a good thing, but in this book it was just way too much and I couldn't wait for something bad to happen.
After the tragic weekend Mathéo changed completely, withdrawing from his friends and snapping at everybody. I was captivated by the torture he was feeling, and how he couldn't remember what actually happened.
However, it wasn't for long, because I found this book to be too wordy, I felt like certain parts were put in the story, just to make book longer, because I couldn't see any point of them. Often I felt myself get so angry at Mathéo and Lola that I just wanted to stop reading entirely. By the time I got to the 70%, I already wanted for story to end, so I can finally found out what happened in that weekend. In the end I was so bored and tired that I didn't even feel sad when .
'Hurt' was one of my most anticipated book releases of September 2013, but in the end it was another huge disappointment!
I cant believe I paid $14 for this.
_______________________________________________________________________
Buddy read with Soraya! I hope you are ready for this!!!
did-not-finish
September 18, 2013One week and counting. Another book is added to the did-not-finish pile. The will to read has left the building. Need intervention, STAT.
September 9, 2013
Tabitha Suzuma is one of those authors that can break your heart with her books and it'll linger with you even years later when you think of the story. She did that to me with Forbidden (which is currently sitting on my favourites shelf), and I'm pretty sure she's just done it again with Hurt (although not quite in the same way).
This isn't the easiest book to review, because I need to do it without spoilers. Not just because it would be horrible of me to spoil a book for someone, but because the things that happen in this book are shocking--those rare twists that actually take you by surprise instead of being predictable and easy to guess long before the author reveals them, so I wouldn't want to dull the impact of that for anyone else.
Books like this...they're great, but not exactly enjoyable to read. They hurt. And I mean that as a compliment. It didn't censor the messy and painful parts of life or try to sugarcoat them with romance and rainbows and butterflies the way so many books tend to. You end up hurting right along with Mathéo--needing to know what happened but dreading it at the same time and kind of wishing he could just forget so he could go back to how things were before but you know it's pointless to hope for that.
The story is different from other YA novels in so many ways, but the only one I can really mention is the romance. It didn't feel like a romance to me really (which seems to be a rarity in the YA section) or even like romance was a big subplot. It wasn't a story revolving around two characters falling in love, because Mathéo and Lola were already there.
They were comfortable with each other, and sweet together, but it felt like the biggest role their relationship played in the majority of the book was Mathéo's fear of losing her and it was in a sad, desperate sort of way that hovered over their relationship like a shadow throughout the story. But, it was interesting to read a different kind of relationship for a change (and a different stage of a relationship than we usually see) so I actually liked that about it.
I said the book didn't impact me in the same way as Forbidden did, and I guess that's because Forbidden devastated me but this one...right from the start, I knew better to hope for happy--it was waiting for the bad to happen followed by watching the aftermath of it and it left me emotionally drained and got under my skin in its own unique way.
And I'm going to have to leave the review it that. I've written and rewritten 3 other paragraphs a bunch of times but I can't find the right words (or explain the things I want to without giving too much away).
Later.
This isn't the easiest book to review, because I need to do it without spoilers. Not just because it would be horrible of me to spoil a book for someone, but because the things that happen in this book are shocking--those rare twists that actually take you by surprise instead of being predictable and easy to guess long before the author reveals them, so I wouldn't want to dull the impact of that for anyone else.
Books like this...they're great, but not exactly enjoyable to read. They hurt. And I mean that as a compliment. It didn't censor the messy and painful parts of life or try to sugarcoat them with romance and rainbows and butterflies the way so many books tend to. You end up hurting right along with Mathéo--needing to know what happened but dreading it at the same time and kind of wishing he could just forget so he could go back to how things were before but you know it's pointless to hope for that.
The story is different from other YA novels in so many ways, but the only one I can really mention is the romance. It didn't feel like a romance to me really (which seems to be a rarity in the YA section) or even like romance was a big subplot. It wasn't a story revolving around two characters falling in love, because Mathéo and Lola were already there.
They were comfortable with each other, and sweet together, but it felt like the biggest role their relationship played in the majority of the book was Mathéo's fear of losing her and it was in a sad, desperate sort of way that hovered over their relationship like a shadow throughout the story. But, it was interesting to read a different kind of relationship for a change (and a different stage of a relationship than we usually see) so I actually liked that about it.
I said the book didn't impact me in the same way as Forbidden did, and I guess that's because Forbidden devastated me but this one...right from the start, I knew better to hope for happy--it was waiting for the bad to happen followed by watching the aftermath of it and it left me emotionally drained and got under my skin in its own unique way.
And I'm going to have to leave the review it that. I've written and rewritten 3 other paragraphs a bunch of times but I can't find the right words (or explain the things I want to without giving too much away).
Later.
July 18, 2015
5 stars is simply not enough!!!
Ja svoju práce strašne a naozaj milujem. Len niekedy ju nenávidím. Jednou z nevýhod je to, že mnoho rukopisov čítame pod rúškom tajomna ďaleko a dávno pred vydaním. Poviete si: “Ježíš, veď to je super, čítať niečo oveľa skôr ako zvyšok sveta.” Lenže to má aj tienistú stránku. My vydavatelia sme totiž viazaní mlčanlivosťou, dokonca by sme mali zapierať existenciu rukopisu v našich e-mailových schránkach :D
Keď som za pučania jarných kvetov dočítaval posledné stránky Hurtu, myslel som, že ma okamžite roztrhne… Ja som sa o tom potreboval s niekým porozprávať, s niekým to prediskutovať, niekomu sa zdôveriť s tým, že som práve prečítal najlepšiu knihu tohto roka… Nebol však na svete nikto, kto by ma vyslyšal. Ale prežil som to! Takže poďme pekne poporiadku o čom vlastne Hurt je:
Sedemnásťročný Mathéo je presne taký chalan, akým som ja nikdy nebol. Pekný, úspešný, športovo založený, má peknú frajerku a ešte aj prachy. Kniha sa začína ránom po… A od prvej stránky chceme zistiť len jediné: čo sa Mathéovi stalo. Nič iné nás nezaujíma. A tak sa vyberáme na cestu, ktorá k tomu viedla. Spoznávame Mathéovu každodennosť, jeho spolužiakov, frajerku, rodičov i brata. Mathéo športuje – skáče do vody. Mathéo je vo výbere na účasť na olympijských hrách. Mathéo je proste top v tom, čo robí a tak rodičia – hlavne otec – dbajú na to, aby všetko dodržiaval, aby na tom vrchole aj ostal. Mathéovi sa však niečo stalo a on si na to nespomína a tak nám to ani nemôže povedať. Snaží sa však prísť na to, čo to bolo. Čo ho ťaží na duši. Čo sa prihodilo a aj prečo.
Mathéo sa mi dostal pod kožu. Totálne a úplne ako len veľmi málo postáv. Pri Mathéovi som mal prvý raz pocit, že to, čo čítam, sú moje vlastné slová, vlastné myšlienky. Že všetko to, čo sa deje Mathéovi sa deje aj mne. (Aby bolo jasno, mne sa nikdy neprihodilo to, čo Mathéovi.) Neviem, ako to Tabitha Suzuma dokázala, ale ona sa mi dostala pod kožu. Ona ma pochopila, ona zistila ako mi funguje mozog, ako premýšľam, aké mám pohnútky, čo ma v živote trápi a čo ma zaujíma. O čom a ako premýšľam. A to bolo na tom to najlepšie a najúžasnejšie. A pri čítaní posledných slov a stránok som vedel, že toto je najlepšia kniha tohto roka, že sa mi už nič lepšie a dokonalejšie nedostane do rúk.
Tabitha Suzuma si opäť vzala do rúk poriadne ťažkú tému. A miestami som mal pocit, že možno si toho naložila až priveľa. Asi v tretine a v dvoch tretinách knihy som si totiž uvedomil, že sa nudím. Áno – písanie je úžasné a na úplne inej úrovni, ako väčšina toho, čo v súčasnosti chŕlia vydavateľsvá. Ale akosi chýbala akcia, či vlastne nejaké posunutie deja dopredu. No hneď ako mi to napadlo, na ďalšej strane sa niečo udialo. Niečo, pri čom som len pevne zvieral tyčku v trolejbuse a snažil sa nezložiť hneď tam na mieste a nezačať vrieskať na celý svet, že ČO TO, DOPEKLA, STVÁRA??? Toto je však jediné mínus tejto knihy. Teda toto a ešte meno Mathéovej frajerky – Lola – nemôžem si pomôcť, ale vždy som si pod tým predstavil nejakú prostitútku a feťáčku…
Kolegyňa si potom knihu naveľa prečítala a bola z tej témy zhrozená, no nedokázala pochopiť, čo ma na tej knihe fascinuje, prečo som ňou doslova a dopísmena posadnutý, čo ma na nej priťahuje. Nuž… neviem to ani ja sám. Vo Forbiddene sa rozpísala Tabitha Suzuma o inceste, o ktorom sa už mnoho popísalo. Okrem toho sa Tabitha rozhodla pre mužského a babského rozprávača a asi to malo vplyv na to, prečo budú mať baby bližší vzťah k predchádzajúcej knihe. Hurt má len jedného rozprávača. Mathéa, ktorému sa prihodilo niečo strašné a odporné. I tak však nedokážem pomenovať dôvody, prečo sa mi Hurt páčil viac ako Forbidden, viac ako 99 % kníh, ktoré som v poslednej dobe čítal. Môj výtlačok je konečne na ceste ku mne a ja sa už teším na rereading. Po ňom budem možno o kúsok múdrejší.
Čo mi utkvelo v pamäti:
Skoky do vody. Ja si ani neviem predstaviť aké to asi naozaj je, ale po tých opisoch sa do toho chcem pustiť. Chcem zažiť všetko to, čo popisovala Tabitha, všetko to, čo sa Mathéovi premieľalo hlavou. Ja viem, je to šialené, ale dokázala vo mne vzbudiť takéto pocity.
Rozprávanie v tretej osobe. Áno, táto kniha, ktorá je celá o vnútorných pocitoch toho chlapca a o tom, čo sa mu prihodilo a čo pri tom pociťoval je písaná v tretej osobe. Niektorí spisovatelia nedokážu pochopiť svojich hrdinov v prvej osobe a Tabitha sa Mathéovi dokázala dostať pod kožu v tretej osobe. Klobúk dolu.
Pasáž, ktorá ma chytila za srdce:
Ani sa nejdem pokúšať o preklad. Tabitha je proste majsterka a len tak narýchlo niečo preložené by jej nebolo hodné. Tak vám to aspoň opíšem: Je to pasáž, kde Mathéo plače v obývačke, uprostred noci. Po chvíli si uvedomí, že ho pozoruje jeho mladší brat. A ten mu povie, že si všimol, že je Mathéo od toho víkendu smutnejší a smutnejší. A takmer každú noc sa malý braček budil na Mathéove vzlyky z nočných môr, vošiel do jeho izby, nahlas naňho volal, až kým sa neprebral a neposlal ho do postele. A on to nikomu nepovedal, lebo mi mohli mať otázky, na ktoré by Mathéo nechcel odpovedať. Celá tá niekoľko stranová scéna na konci deviatej kapitoly je úchvatná. A tým, že mám mladšieho brata, som to mal celé pred očami. Všetky vzťahy, všetky slová, všetky myšlienky… takto proste funguje môj mozog…
O autorke:
Tabitha Suzuma je strašne zvláštna osoba, ktorá žije na sociálnych sieťach:) Odporúčam sledovať! Ale buďte pripravení na to, že trpí depresiami, strašne veľa fajčí a trpí úchylkou – chodí si kupovať chľast o druhej ráno v pyžame do Tesca.
Pre koho je Hurt určený:
Ak ste ostali na konci jej predchádzajúcej knihy Forbidden pozerať do blba, buďte pripravený na niečo ešte oveľa horšie! A hlavne to čítajte naraz s niekým ďalším, aby ste sa o tom mohli hneď porozprávať. Lebo to čo sa stalo Mathéovi – a on si chudák nakoniec spomenie –, je… prečítajte si to, prosím.
Ukážky z knihy: (predčíta ich samotná autorka)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5AvW...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl8re...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiSyh...
Hurt bola pre mňa najlepšia kniha tohto roka (2013). Smelo do toho!
Ja svoju práce strašne a naozaj milujem. Len niekedy ju nenávidím. Jednou z nevýhod je to, že mnoho rukopisov čítame pod rúškom tajomna ďaleko a dávno pred vydaním. Poviete si: “Ježíš, veď to je super, čítať niečo oveľa skôr ako zvyšok sveta.” Lenže to má aj tienistú stránku. My vydavatelia sme totiž viazaní mlčanlivosťou, dokonca by sme mali zapierať existenciu rukopisu v našich e-mailových schránkach :D
Keď som za pučania jarných kvetov dočítaval posledné stránky Hurtu, myslel som, že ma okamžite roztrhne… Ja som sa o tom potreboval s niekým porozprávať, s niekým to prediskutovať, niekomu sa zdôveriť s tým, že som práve prečítal najlepšiu knihu tohto roka… Nebol však na svete nikto, kto by ma vyslyšal. Ale prežil som to! Takže poďme pekne poporiadku o čom vlastne Hurt je:
Sedemnásťročný Mathéo je presne taký chalan, akým som ja nikdy nebol. Pekný, úspešný, športovo založený, má peknú frajerku a ešte aj prachy. Kniha sa začína ránom po… A od prvej stránky chceme zistiť len jediné: čo sa Mathéovi stalo. Nič iné nás nezaujíma. A tak sa vyberáme na cestu, ktorá k tomu viedla. Spoznávame Mathéovu každodennosť, jeho spolužiakov, frajerku, rodičov i brata. Mathéo športuje – skáče do vody. Mathéo je vo výbere na účasť na olympijských hrách. Mathéo je proste top v tom, čo robí a tak rodičia – hlavne otec – dbajú na to, aby všetko dodržiaval, aby na tom vrchole aj ostal. Mathéovi sa však niečo stalo a on si na to nespomína a tak nám to ani nemôže povedať. Snaží sa však prísť na to, čo to bolo. Čo ho ťaží na duši. Čo sa prihodilo a aj prečo.
Mathéo sa mi dostal pod kožu. Totálne a úplne ako len veľmi málo postáv. Pri Mathéovi som mal prvý raz pocit, že to, čo čítam, sú moje vlastné slová, vlastné myšlienky. Že všetko to, čo sa deje Mathéovi sa deje aj mne. (Aby bolo jasno, mne sa nikdy neprihodilo to, čo Mathéovi.) Neviem, ako to Tabitha Suzuma dokázala, ale ona sa mi dostala pod kožu. Ona ma pochopila, ona zistila ako mi funguje mozog, ako premýšľam, aké mám pohnútky, čo ma v živote trápi a čo ma zaujíma. O čom a ako premýšľam. A to bolo na tom to najlepšie a najúžasnejšie. A pri čítaní posledných slov a stránok som vedel, že toto je najlepšia kniha tohto roka, že sa mi už nič lepšie a dokonalejšie nedostane do rúk.
Tabitha Suzuma si opäť vzala do rúk poriadne ťažkú tému. A miestami som mal pocit, že možno si toho naložila až priveľa. Asi v tretine a v dvoch tretinách knihy som si totiž uvedomil, že sa nudím. Áno – písanie je úžasné a na úplne inej úrovni, ako väčšina toho, čo v súčasnosti chŕlia vydavateľsvá. Ale akosi chýbala akcia, či vlastne nejaké posunutie deja dopredu. No hneď ako mi to napadlo, na ďalšej strane sa niečo udialo. Niečo, pri čom som len pevne zvieral tyčku v trolejbuse a snažil sa nezložiť hneď tam na mieste a nezačať vrieskať na celý svet, že ČO TO, DOPEKLA, STVÁRA??? Toto je však jediné mínus tejto knihy. Teda toto a ešte meno Mathéovej frajerky – Lola – nemôžem si pomôcť, ale vždy som si pod tým predstavil nejakú prostitútku a feťáčku…
Kolegyňa si potom knihu naveľa prečítala a bola z tej témy zhrozená, no nedokázala pochopiť, čo ma na tej knihe fascinuje, prečo som ňou doslova a dopísmena posadnutý, čo ma na nej priťahuje. Nuž… neviem to ani ja sám. Vo Forbiddene sa rozpísala Tabitha Suzuma o inceste, o ktorom sa už mnoho popísalo. Okrem toho sa Tabitha rozhodla pre mužského a babského rozprávača a asi to malo vplyv na to, prečo budú mať baby bližší vzťah k predchádzajúcej knihe. Hurt má len jedného rozprávača. Mathéa, ktorému sa prihodilo niečo strašné a odporné. I tak však nedokážem pomenovať dôvody, prečo sa mi Hurt páčil viac ako Forbidden, viac ako 99 % kníh, ktoré som v poslednej dobe čítal. Môj výtlačok je konečne na ceste ku mne a ja sa už teším na rereading. Po ňom budem možno o kúsok múdrejší.
Čo mi utkvelo v pamäti:
Skoky do vody. Ja si ani neviem predstaviť aké to asi naozaj je, ale po tých opisoch sa do toho chcem pustiť. Chcem zažiť všetko to, čo popisovala Tabitha, všetko to, čo sa Mathéovi premieľalo hlavou. Ja viem, je to šialené, ale dokázala vo mne vzbudiť takéto pocity.
Rozprávanie v tretej osobe. Áno, táto kniha, ktorá je celá o vnútorných pocitoch toho chlapca a o tom, čo sa mu prihodilo a čo pri tom pociťoval je písaná v tretej osobe. Niektorí spisovatelia nedokážu pochopiť svojich hrdinov v prvej osobe a Tabitha sa Mathéovi dokázala dostať pod kožu v tretej osobe. Klobúk dolu.
Pasáž, ktorá ma chytila za srdce:
Ani sa nejdem pokúšať o preklad. Tabitha je proste majsterka a len tak narýchlo niečo preložené by jej nebolo hodné. Tak vám to aspoň opíšem: Je to pasáž, kde Mathéo plače v obývačke, uprostred noci. Po chvíli si uvedomí, že ho pozoruje jeho mladší brat. A ten mu povie, že si všimol, že je Mathéo od toho víkendu smutnejší a smutnejší. A takmer každú noc sa malý braček budil na Mathéove vzlyky z nočných môr, vošiel do jeho izby, nahlas naňho volal, až kým sa neprebral a neposlal ho do postele. A on to nikomu nepovedal, lebo mi mohli mať otázky, na ktoré by Mathéo nechcel odpovedať. Celá tá niekoľko stranová scéna na konci deviatej kapitoly je úchvatná. A tým, že mám mladšieho brata, som to mal celé pred očami. Všetky vzťahy, všetky slová, všetky myšlienky… takto proste funguje môj mozog…
O autorke:
Tabitha Suzuma je strašne zvláštna osoba, ktorá žije na sociálnych sieťach:) Odporúčam sledovať! Ale buďte pripravení na to, že trpí depresiami, strašne veľa fajčí a trpí úchylkou – chodí si kupovať chľast o druhej ráno v pyžame do Tesca.
Pre koho je Hurt určený:
Ak ste ostali na konci jej predchádzajúcej knihy Forbidden pozerať do blba, buďte pripravený na niečo ešte oveľa horšie! A hlavne to čítajte naraz s niekým ďalším, aby ste sa o tom mohli hneď porozprávať. Lebo to čo sa stalo Mathéovi – a on si chudák nakoniec spomenie –, je… prečítajte si to, prosím.
Ukážky z knihy: (predčíta ich samotná autorka)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5AvW...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl8re...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiSyh...
Hurt bola pre mňa najlepšia kniha tohto roka (2013). Smelo do toho!
March 15, 2019
No suelo dar valoraciones negativas a ningún libro, más que nada porque, cuando algo no me está gustando, lo abandono sin remordimientos. Pero en este caso seguí (con bastante esfuerzo) porque le tenía fe a la autora, de la que en su momento me gustó mucho su anterior libro, Prohibido.
Y me atrevo a ponerle solo dos estrellas (que sería 1,5 más bien) porque creo que la novela falla por criterios puramente objetivos, no porque a mí no me haya llegado o gustado. Los personajes, sin ser una maravilla, se salvan (de ahí las 2 estrellas), pero creo que la novela falla en trama, estilo, estructura y narrador. Nada menos.
En Herido, vemos un prólogo en el que su protagonista masculino vive un trauma que creo que es imposible no "adivinar" de qué va. Ese es para mí el gran error de estructura, que deja el misterio de lo que le ha ocurrido en el aire hasta más o menos la mitad del libro... y a esas alturas, por Dios, ya todos sabemos lo que le pasa, es hasta ridículo que sigan poniéndonos el tema como un misterio. Después, en un pispás, vemos la "confesión", se sabe quién le hizo qué y se precipita toda la trama. Estructuralmente, en mi opinión, es un desastre.
Con respecto a la trama, resultan difíciles de creer las acciones y reacciones de casi todos los personajes en casi todos los momentos de la novela, especialmente en el tercio final. Y ni hablo de lo ofensivas que me parecen algunas opiniones y mensajes que se transmiten; son hasta peligrosos.
Pero creo que mi mayor problema ha sido con el narrador. Es una tercera persona en presente, que ya no suele funcionar demasiado bien salvo para determinados géneros (tipo crónica, por ejemplo). Pero es un narrador tan exageradamente equisciente, por parte del protagonista, que es muy difícil entender por qué la autora no eligió un narrador en primera, que habría tenido mucho más sentido, sobre todo si en ningún momento (ni siquiera en la traca final), vamos a ver nada de lo que ocurre con los otros personajes.
En resumen, no me gusta dar malas puntuaciones y, cuando lo hago, me gusta justificarlas bien. Pero es que aquí era inevitable; ha sido mi peor lectura del año :(
Y me atrevo a ponerle solo dos estrellas (que sería 1,5 más bien) porque creo que la novela falla por criterios puramente objetivos, no porque a mí no me haya llegado o gustado. Los personajes, sin ser una maravilla, se salvan (de ahí las 2 estrellas), pero creo que la novela falla en trama, estilo, estructura y narrador. Nada menos.
En Herido, vemos un prólogo en el que su protagonista masculino vive un trauma que creo que es imposible no "adivinar" de qué va. Ese es para mí el gran error de estructura, que deja el misterio de lo que le ha ocurrido en el aire hasta más o menos la mitad del libro... y a esas alturas, por Dios, ya todos sabemos lo que le pasa, es hasta ridículo que sigan poniéndonos el tema como un misterio. Después, en un pispás, vemos la "confesión", se sabe quién le hizo qué y se precipita toda la trama. Estructuralmente, en mi opinión, es un desastre.
Con respecto a la trama, resultan difíciles de creer las acciones y reacciones de casi todos los personajes en casi todos los momentos de la novela, especialmente en el tercio final. Y ni hablo de lo ofensivas que me parecen algunas opiniones y mensajes que se transmiten; son hasta peligrosos.
Pero creo que mi mayor problema ha sido con el narrador. Es una tercera persona en presente, que ya no suele funcionar demasiado bien salvo para determinados géneros (tipo crónica, por ejemplo). Pero es un narrador tan exageradamente equisciente, por parte del protagonista, que es muy difícil entender por qué la autora no eligió un narrador en primera, que habría tenido mucho más sentido, sobre todo si en ningún momento (ni siquiera en la traca final), vamos a ver nada de lo que ocurre con los otros personajes.
En resumen, no me gusta dar malas puntuaciones y, cuando lo hago, me gusta justificarlas bien. Pero es que aquí era inevitable; ha sido mi peor lectura del año :(
Want to read
August 13, 2013Okay, I'm still dying here...waiting for this book to come out. I desperately, DESPERATELY need this book! Like seriously, I've been obsessing over it. I. Need. This. Book. I found a badass trailer and holy hell, the intensity. Gah! So, below is the link. Only FOUR weeks and this bitch is in my hands and ruling my life. Can't wait!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVyB5e...
If this book is anything like Forbidden(which, from the looks of it, it is I'm sure), I'm screwed, but I don't care. I'm a masochist that loves pain inflicted in my heart and chest...apparently. Sigh. Please hurry up and get here September 17th, or whatever it's out. I'm gonna be in line that morning at my B&N to get my hardback copy. Oh yeah, I'll have me some Matheus under my pillow. I'm so impatient. :/
Oh man, I really want this book, like NOW..not September! I live for these tragic books. Even though Forbidden shattered, tore and ripped my heart out and even made me wish I'd died(momentarily at least), I still want to read this book because it sounds like it will happen again. But you know me, I gotta have my ripped out I guess.
LOCHIE *on knees in sobs*
HOLY HELL....that was.....intense. The first two chapters are on Tabitha's website. Go read them....theyre awesome! I got chills...good god that woman is good with description. I can't wait for this book!!!!
That was a hot scene!!!!!! Whew!!!! I need this now!!! I hate waiting!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVyB5e...
If this book is anything like Forbidden(which, from the looks of it, it is I'm sure), I'm screwed, but I don't care. I'm a masochist that loves pain inflicted in my heart and chest...apparently. Sigh. Please hurry up and get here September 17th, or whatever it's out. I'm gonna be in line that morning at my B&N to get my hardback copy. Oh yeah, I'll have me some Matheus under my pillow. I'm so impatient. :/
Oh man, I really want this book, like NOW..not September! I live for these tragic books. Even though Forbidden shattered, tore and ripped my heart out and even made me wish I'd died(momentarily at least), I still want to read this book because it sounds like it will happen again. But you know me, I gotta have my ripped out I guess.
LOCHIE *on knees in sobs*
HOLY HELL....that was.....intense. The first two chapters are on Tabitha's website. Go read them....theyre awesome! I got chills...good god that woman is good with description. I can't wait for this book!!!!
That was a hot scene!!!!!! Whew!!!! I need this now!!! I hate waiting!
September 7, 2013
Intense is too feeble a word to describe this book. RAW would be better.
"Forbidden" already amazed and distressed me deeply. It's one book staying with me, even months after reading. Well "Hurt" didn't disappoint me in the least.
Tabitha Suzuma's writing is raw, intense, open, gripping, haert wrenching, I could go on and on... Her characters are deep, emotional, in the throes of tragedy. Each time I deeply connect with them, experience their feelings and it's exhausting.
I read Hurt in one sitting, weeping. I was a real emotional mess. But I had to know what happened to Mathéo. I had to see if he would drown in pain and hurt or fight back and live. And once I knew what happened, I had to guess "who" was involved.
I hurt with Mathéo and Lola, was angry with his parents to be so emotionally impaired. I admired Lola for her love and support. I raged to see te pressure Mathéo was submitted to, all for the glory of winning a gold medal with not a day to live, to enjoy his teenage years.
But most of all, I suffered with Mathéo.
You could think I'm masochist because I kept reading even being aware Tabitha Suzuma does not usually come with the perfect happy end. But it was a compulsion, a need like you need breathing to live.
Once more, I'm mesmerized by miss Suzuma's gift even if I'm still hoping one day I'll have my happy end. But maybe, it would not be her...
If you're looking for a page turner, are not afraid to feel deep, raw emotions and are no sucker for HEA, this book is for you!
"Forbidden" already amazed and distressed me deeply. It's one book staying with me, even months after reading. Well "Hurt" didn't disappoint me in the least.
Tabitha Suzuma's writing is raw, intense, open, gripping, haert wrenching, I could go on and on... Her characters are deep, emotional, in the throes of tragedy. Each time I deeply connect with them, experience their feelings and it's exhausting.
I read Hurt in one sitting, weeping. I was a real emotional mess. But I had to know what happened to Mathéo. I had to see if he would drown in pain and hurt or fight back and live. And once I knew what happened, I had to guess "who" was involved.
I hurt with Mathéo and Lola, was angry with his parents to be so emotionally impaired. I admired Lola for her love and support. I raged to see te pressure Mathéo was submitted to, all for the glory of winning a gold medal with not a day to live, to enjoy his teenage years.
But most of all, I suffered with Mathéo.
You could think I'm masochist because I kept reading even being aware Tabitha Suzuma does not usually come with the perfect happy end. But it was a compulsion, a need like you need breathing to live.
Once more, I'm mesmerized by miss Suzuma's gift even if I'm still hoping one day I'll have my happy end. But maybe, it would not be her...
If you're looking for a page turner, are not afraid to feel deep, raw emotions and are no sucker for HEA, this book is for you!
September 20, 2013
Tabitha Suzuma tends to gravitate toward taboo and sensitive subject matter. Often heart-breaking and hauntingly sad, her stories aren't always the easiest to take in. When I finished reading Forbidden, I remember crying myself to sleep and then feeling down and empty for the next several days. I felt that way with Hurt too, however I have to agree with the growing consensus that Forbidden is the better novel. That said, I think Hurt is beautifully written. Lots of pretty words it's like reading a painting. It's intense and poignant. It felt realistic - the characters, relatable and likable enough; the plot and setting, very detailed, so detailed in fact that I caught myself tuning out a few times. While I appreciate the imagery, it's too wordy for my liking. It's probably just me though, I get bored rather quickly. Thus the author holding back information up till the last possible second also drove me nuts. So when the truth finally came tumbling out, I was just mostly relieved and a bit annoyed that it took this long to confirm what we all probably have already guessed. It was unspeakable but it wasn't really Mattie's secret but rather what happened after the big reveal I found truly shocking and painful. Hurt, notwithstanding its over descriptiveness, I think is tragic, depressing and beautiful at the same time.
Seen on Eat Read Shop.
Seen on Eat Read Shop.
January 6, 2016
The author CLEARLY had her reasons -not to mention hurtful and painful ones- choosing such a title. This book is wonderful, beautiful and extremely painful.
P.S: remind me to never read anything by Tabitha Suzuma ever again, because i can't remember the last time i cried that hard while reading a book.
P.S: remind me to never read anything by Tabitha Suzuma ever again, because i can't remember the last time i cried that hard while reading a book.
June 28, 2016
Speechless.
There's not much I can say about this book without giving away too much, just that the title is perfect. Is better if you start reading it without reading reviews, or details, but know that your heart will end up broken and you will cry.
I admit that at first, I wasn't really into the story, but I ended up devouring it, I didn't sleep last night because I wanted to know how it ended.
I recommend it, please read it knowing it addresses difficult and sad subjects, but that are important to read.
Of course I want to mention my favorite character was Loic, Mathéo's little brother. There's one specific scene/conversation between them that will melt your heart.
Five amazing stars!
There's not much I can say about this book without giving away too much, just that the title is perfect. Is better if you start reading it without reading reviews, or details, but know that your heart will end up broken and you will cry.
I admit that at first, I wasn't really into the story, but I ended up devouring it, I didn't sleep last night because I wanted to know how it ended.
I recommend it, please read it knowing it addresses difficult and sad subjects, but that are important to read.
Of course I want to mention my favorite character was Loic, Mathéo's little brother. There's one specific scene/conversation between them that will melt your heart.
Five amazing stars!
October 17, 2018
Que chasco .... me esperaba algo del estilo de PROHIBIDO y nooo, nada que ver.
Me ha parecido un libro super denso y narrativo y sobre todo lentísimo.
Muchas páginas que no pintan nada y luego lo importante apenas tiene tiempo ...
No lo recomiendo, k pena!!
Me ha parecido un libro super denso y narrativo y sobre todo lentísimo.
Muchas páginas que no pintan nada y luego lo importante apenas tiene tiempo ...
No lo recomiendo, k pena!!
February 5, 2017
Tabitha Suzuma has an affinity for tragedies. It's understandable. Tragedies are exciting, and people are drawn to them.
There's so few writers like her. And it makes me wish she wrote so many more stories that others could indefinitely read. I can testify that her style and flair have the capability of drawing out saturated emotion from a reader without being sensationalised.
There's a mainstream fetish for abused characters, with "dark" pasts, or "violent" tendencies that leave me feeling apathetic. I stream rate one stars. Yet, I can genuinely perceive her characters to be normalised creations. There are no sparks, no manwhore extravaganza, no billionaires, no "insta-love" or existing dire situation where by every male character is enchanted by the female heroine's vagina.
In short, there is just living, and continuing on with life, no matter how devoid it may appear. The message I gained from "Hurt", and "Forbidden" is that every being is a victim of their own bleak existence and what that existence entails. The people who you share your existence with hurt you, and you hurt them. The narrative amplifies that until you are sharing such a pain with the reader.
I don't like Matheo and Lola as people, yet I admired them in their own sphere, because they understood one another. I will mention that I found Lola to be a particularly lacklustre character, but to Matheo, she was symbolic of an uninhibited happiness. I wanted to know more of her other than just in relation to Matheo. I've currently been reading this for a while which is unlike me, but it was tediously mundane for the first half. I realise this sounds paradoxical to the first part of my review where I mention the sharing of pain, but I was detached, and watched them because I wasn't there with them. I could sense their pain. I was sympathetic - not empathetic. Suddenly - it became alive and I finished it in one sitting. Teenagers are melodramatic to a degree and personally, I saw the handling of the situation to be unerringly life like. However, it still didn't suffice in pulling me in, because I watched from the outside. It wasn't successful in drowning me in tears unlike Forbidden. I'd highly recommend that, again if you can deal with there never being a HEA.
Nonetheless, I would also recommend Hurt. It's beautiful, even if slightly heavy on the metaphors.
Caution to future readers: sexual abuse, and the psychological impact from the aforementioned concept. I don't want to spoil it any further.
Side note: The cover of this book is misleading. My imagination conjured up, practically a vision of the boy across the cover, and it rattled my bumpers when I found out Matheo was a 'white-blonde' boy. Just a personal itch.
There's so few writers like her. And it makes me wish she wrote so many more stories that others could indefinitely read. I can testify that her style and flair have the capability of drawing out saturated emotion from a reader without being sensationalised.
There's a mainstream fetish for abused characters, with "dark" pasts, or "violent" tendencies that leave me feeling apathetic. I stream rate one stars. Yet, I can genuinely perceive her characters to be normalised creations. There are no sparks, no manwhore extravaganza, no billionaires, no "insta-love" or existing dire situation where by every male character is enchanted by the female heroine's vagina.
In short, there is just living, and continuing on with life, no matter how devoid it may appear. The message I gained from "Hurt", and "Forbidden" is that every being is a victim of their own bleak existence and what that existence entails. The people who you share your existence with hurt you, and you hurt them. The narrative amplifies that until you are sharing such a pain with the reader.
I don't like Matheo and Lola as people, yet I admired them in their own sphere, because they understood one another. I will mention that I found Lola to be a particularly lacklustre character, but to Matheo, she was symbolic of an uninhibited happiness. I wanted to know more of her other than just in relation to Matheo. I've currently been reading this for a while which is unlike me, but it was tediously mundane for the first half. I realise this sounds paradoxical to the first part of my review where I mention the sharing of pain, but I was detached, and watched them because I wasn't there with them. I could sense their pain. I was sympathetic - not empathetic. Suddenly - it became alive and I finished it in one sitting. Teenagers are melodramatic to a degree and personally, I saw the handling of the situation to be unerringly life like. However, it still didn't suffice in pulling me in, because I watched from the outside. It wasn't successful in drowning me in tears unlike Forbidden. I'd highly recommend that, again if you can deal with there never being a HEA.
Nonetheless, I would also recommend Hurt. It's beautiful, even if slightly heavy on the metaphors.
Caution to future readers: sexual abuse, and the psychological impact from the aforementioned concept. I don't want to spoil it any further.
Side note: The cover of this book is misleading. My imagination conjured up, practically a vision of the boy across the cover, and it rattled my bumpers when I found out Matheo was a 'white-blonde' boy. Just a personal itch.
September 9, 2013
Reflecting on this since the weekend I finished it, I have to admit it doesn't deserve the full load of stars I first gave it. There's something about reading angsty, life-gone-wrong fiction that deprives you of an HEA that sometimes blinds you to the flaws in the narration and side characters, which is the case with Hurt. There's some great character development and I really liked Matheo and Lola's relationship at the start of the timeline, but at the same time a lot of unnecessary melodrama and trite lines/twists.
Still!
(Short review because I'm supposed to be *coughs* studying at a friend's place *coughs even harder*)
Still!
(Short review because I'm supposed to be *coughs* studying at a friend's place *coughs even harder*)
September 3, 2013
Originalement posté sur Sous ma Couverture
Je ne sais pas ce que vous vous imaginez en lisant le résumé, mais il est quelque fois trompeur. Et ça n'enlève rien à ce roman déchirant et captivant.
Mathéo
Malgré le résumé, Mathéo n'est pas un cliché du garçon parfait. Enfin, oui c'est un garçon parfait, mais il n'a pas la prétention du type qui sait qu'il est parfait, et qui se rend donc lui-même imparfait. Ce qui fait que...
perfection - prétention = perfection.
Ce n'est pas du tout mathématique. Mais c'est comme ça. Oui bah je décide pas de ce qui est logique ou non.
Non, ce que je veux dire c'est qu'en lisant le résumé, j'avais l'impression que cette énumération de chose qui fait de Mathéo un garçon parfait ajouterait forcément de la prétention - mais non. Mathéo est garanti sans additif. C'est un point qu'il faut mettre au clair tout de même.
Cependant, la vie de Mathéo EST un cliché. Médaillé d'or en plongeon, étudiant exemplaire sur le point d'avoir son A-level, un groupe d'ami qui lui convient parfaitement, une petite amie pleine de vie, et une famille riche bourrée de superficialité, over-bookée par le travail, jupe crayon, et chignon serré. Ça c'est cliché.
Lola
Lola est une fille pleine de vie. Bourrée de vie. COMPLÈTEMENT IVRE. J'ai beaucoup aimé sa joie, sa tendresse, la complicité qu'elle partage avec son père, et avec Mathéo. Elle m'a un peu fait penser à une boîte tordue, où chaque élément de sa vie trouverait parfaitement sa place, jusqu'à la remplir à ras bord. Mais Mathéo est la plus grosse pièce de la boîte ; et Lola est le point fort de Mathéo. Et j'ai totalement adoré la romance parfaite, prévisible, entre ces deux là. Je suis sûre qu'elle se lit dans les étoiles. Je regarderais ce soir.
Les autres
・Hugo et Isabel sont les deux meilleurs amis de Mathéo et Lola. Ils jouent un peu le rôle de piliers dans l'histoire, de murs, faisant résonner les échos du chaos autour de Mathéo. Ils n'ont pas un rôle très important dans la transformation de Mathéo, mais la mettent en avant.
・Loïc, le petit frère de Mathéo, est un personnage qui m'a attendrit par son innocence et son côté enfantin - normal il a 8 ans - mais qui est pourtant très intelligent et mature.
・Les parents de Mathéo, et le père de Lola sont des familles soit parfaitement sous pression, soit imparfaitement chaleureuses, inébranlables en apparence.
Situation initiale
Après un prologue qui annonce le chaos, la transformation d'un garçon à la vie parfaite à une vie éteinte; la mise en contexte dure une centaine de pages. Ça m'a paru long, mais indispensable. Je pense qu'il est important de connaître la vie de Mathéo, de connaître le VRAI Mathéo avant de voir à quel point sa vie a été affectée par ce week-end où tout bascule. Au final, je me suis attaché à lui, et j'ai pris le changement de Mathéo dans la tronche. Un peu comme si je m'étais pris un camion en plein dans la gueule au milieu d'une tornade qui gagne en intensité.
Quand tout bascule
Quand la vie de Mathéo bascule d'une façon qui reste longtemps mystérieuse, tout s'intensifie, et tout s'éteint en même temps. La douleur augmente jusqu'à ternir la vie en elle-même. Tabitha Suzuma est une auteur qui a un putain de talent détestable. Tout se trouve dans ses mots, dans une description intense et extrême des émotions, tellement profonde qu'elle est capable de vous atteindre en plein coeur. Les côtés délavés des choses qui paraissent habituellement tellement lumineuses sont montrés, dévoilés, révélés au grand jour. Tabitha sait effacer des aspects inaltérables pour vous montrer le côté obscur de la force, et ressentir le désespoir, le chagrin, la souffrance de Mathéo. Tabitha arrache chaque coeur qui pulse entre les pages de Hurt pour mieux les serrer dans ses mains, je vous promets que la souffrance de Mathéo sera la vôtre : vous serez inévitablement impliqué dans l'histoire de Mathéo, et comme lui, comme Lola, vous chercherez une façon de sauver Mathéo de lui-même, et souffrirez du manque de solution, de l'impossibilité de l'aider, frustrés.
Si. C'est comme ça que ça va se passer les gars. Vous allez souffrir.
Vous avez souffert avec Cat Clarke. HAHA, ce sera pire.
Cat Clarke aborde des sujets difficiles, des choses qui se passent et basculent à jamais une ou plusieurs vies.
Tabitha aborde les tabous, les efface, et met les projecteurs sur des sujets que nous taisons, parce que l'éthique le veut, ou parce que c'est trop dur d'aborder ce sujet, qui existe pourtant. Hurt est donc réservé à un public averti. Les scènes sont difficiles à lire, mais Tabitha a un courage extraordinaire d'aborder ces choses là, et je salue sa force. Mais je lui en veux aussi de faire de si beaux livres, si délicats, si... heartbreaking comme dirait Tari.
Conclusion
Un an après avoir lu / été affectée / été détruite par Forbidden, de la même auteur - non je ne veux pas mettre de "e" à auteur fille - j'ai pris une certaine distance par rapport à Hurt. Pour les avoir subit, je sais à quel point les mots de Tabitha immerge le lecteur pour mieux le noyer, je sais à quel point ses mots peuvent détruire, faire mal. Je n'ai pas voulu renouveler cette expérience, parce que j'ai un poil trop souffert. Et les gars, je fais pas de cinéma, j'étais vraiment mal. Alors, j'ai pris cette distance. Rien ne m'atteint, je n'ai pas mal, raté, raté, même pas touché. Ça n'a pas trop marché, je me suis quand même attachée à Mathéo et Lola, et j'ai souffert. Mais pas autant que si je m'étais totalement impliquée dans l'histoire, THANKS GOD, sinon j'imagine même pas dans quel état je serais actuellement.
Hurt paraîtra en VO le 5 septembre, soit dans 2 jours, et c'est un livre que je sur-conseille aux lectrices n'ayant pas peur. Héhé.
J'espère aussi que je ne vous ai pas fait penser que Mathéo était un loup garou avec cette histoire de transformation hein.
Je ne sais pas ce que vous vous imaginez en lisant le résumé, mais il est quelque fois trompeur. Et ça n'enlève rien à ce roman déchirant et captivant.
Mathéo
Malgré le résumé, Mathéo n'est pas un cliché du garçon parfait. Enfin, oui c'est un garçon parfait, mais il n'a pas la prétention du type qui sait qu'il est parfait, et qui se rend donc lui-même imparfait. Ce qui fait que...
perfection - prétention = perfection.
Ce n'est pas du tout mathématique. Mais c'est comme ça. Oui bah je décide pas de ce qui est logique ou non.
Non, ce que je veux dire c'est qu'en lisant le résumé, j'avais l'impression que cette énumération de chose qui fait de Mathéo un garçon parfait ajouterait forcément de la prétention - mais non. Mathéo est garanti sans additif. C'est un point qu'il faut mettre au clair tout de même.
Cependant, la vie de Mathéo EST un cliché. Médaillé d'or en plongeon, étudiant exemplaire sur le point d'avoir son A-level, un groupe d'ami qui lui convient parfaitement, une petite amie pleine de vie, et une famille riche bourrée de superficialité, over-bookée par le travail, jupe crayon, et chignon serré. Ça c'est cliché.
Lola
Lola est une fille pleine de vie. Bourrée de vie. COMPLÈTEMENT IVRE. J'ai beaucoup aimé sa joie, sa tendresse, la complicité qu'elle partage avec son père, et avec Mathéo. Elle m'a un peu fait penser à une boîte tordue, où chaque élément de sa vie trouverait parfaitement sa place, jusqu'à la remplir à ras bord. Mais Mathéo est la plus grosse pièce de la boîte ; et Lola est le point fort de Mathéo. Et j'ai totalement adoré la romance parfaite, prévisible, entre ces deux là. Je suis sûre qu'elle se lit dans les étoiles. Je regarderais ce soir.
Les autres
・Hugo et Isabel sont les deux meilleurs amis de Mathéo et Lola. Ils jouent un peu le rôle de piliers dans l'histoire, de murs, faisant résonner les échos du chaos autour de Mathéo. Ils n'ont pas un rôle très important dans la transformation de Mathéo, mais la mettent en avant.
・Loïc, le petit frère de Mathéo, est un personnage qui m'a attendrit par son innocence et son côté enfantin - normal il a 8 ans - mais qui est pourtant très intelligent et mature.
・Les parents de Mathéo, et le père de Lola sont des familles soit parfaitement sous pression, soit imparfaitement chaleureuses, inébranlables en apparence.
Situation initiale
Après un prologue qui annonce le chaos, la transformation d'un garçon à la vie parfaite à une vie éteinte; la mise en contexte dure une centaine de pages. Ça m'a paru long, mais indispensable. Je pense qu'il est important de connaître la vie de Mathéo, de connaître le VRAI Mathéo avant de voir à quel point sa vie a été affectée par ce week-end où tout bascule. Au final, je me suis attaché à lui, et j'ai pris le changement de Mathéo dans la tronche. Un peu comme si je m'étais pris un camion en plein dans la gueule au milieu d'une tornade qui gagne en intensité.
Quand tout bascule
Quand la vie de Mathéo bascule d'une façon qui reste longtemps mystérieuse, tout s'intensifie, et tout s'éteint en même temps. La douleur augmente jusqu'à ternir la vie en elle-même. Tabitha Suzuma est une auteur qui a un putain de talent détestable. Tout se trouve dans ses mots, dans une description intense et extrême des émotions, tellement profonde qu'elle est capable de vous atteindre en plein coeur. Les côtés délavés des choses qui paraissent habituellement tellement lumineuses sont montrés, dévoilés, révélés au grand jour. Tabitha sait effacer des aspects inaltérables pour vous montrer le côté obscur de la force, et ressentir le désespoir, le chagrin, la souffrance de Mathéo. Tabitha arrache chaque coeur qui pulse entre les pages de Hurt pour mieux les serrer dans ses mains, je vous promets que la souffrance de Mathéo sera la vôtre : vous serez inévitablement impliqué dans l'histoire de Mathéo, et comme lui, comme Lola, vous chercherez une façon de sauver Mathéo de lui-même, et souffrirez du manque de solution, de l'impossibilité de l'aider, frustrés.
Si. C'est comme ça que ça va se passer les gars. Vous allez souffrir.
Vous avez souffert avec Cat Clarke. HAHA, ce sera pire.
Cat Clarke aborde des sujets difficiles, des choses qui se passent et basculent à jamais une ou plusieurs vies.
Tabitha aborde les tabous, les efface, et met les projecteurs sur des sujets que nous taisons, parce que l'éthique le veut, ou parce que c'est trop dur d'aborder ce sujet, qui existe pourtant. Hurt est donc réservé à un public averti. Les scènes sont difficiles à lire, mais Tabitha a un courage extraordinaire d'aborder ces choses là, et je salue sa force. Mais je lui en veux aussi de faire de si beaux livres, si délicats, si... heartbreaking comme dirait Tari.
Conclusion
Un an après avoir lu / été affectée / été détruite par Forbidden, de la même auteur - non je ne veux pas mettre de "e" à auteur fille - j'ai pris une certaine distance par rapport à Hurt. Pour les avoir subit, je sais à quel point les mots de Tabitha immerge le lecteur pour mieux le noyer, je sais à quel point ses mots peuvent détruire, faire mal. Je n'ai pas voulu renouveler cette expérience, parce que j'ai un poil trop souffert. Et les gars, je fais pas de cinéma, j'étais vraiment mal. Alors, j'ai pris cette distance. Rien ne m'atteint, je n'ai pas mal, raté, raté, même pas touché. Ça n'a pas trop marché, je me suis quand même attachée à Mathéo et Lola, et j'ai souffert. Mais pas autant que si je m'étais totalement impliquée dans l'histoire, THANKS GOD, sinon j'imagine même pas dans quel état je serais actuellement.
Hurt paraîtra en VO le 5 septembre, soit dans 2 jours, et c'est un livre que je sur-conseille aux lectrices n'ayant pas peur. Héhé.
J'espère aussi que je ne vous ai pas fait penser que Mathéo était un loup garou avec cette histoire de transformation hein.
January 25, 2017
RECENZIA NA BLOGU
Hurt alebo Forbidden, znie otázka? Neviem. Asi Hurt. Forbidden ma možno bavilo o kúštik viac, ale Hurt je iný level. V téme, v podaní, v hrdinovi. Vo všetkom.
Matheo je päťhviezdičkový sedemnásťročný chlapec - skvelé známky, bezproblémové dospievanie, úžasné dievča, športový talent. Priatelia, malý brat, skoky do vody a hlavne Lola sú veci, pre ktoré Matheo žije.
A potom sa TO stane.
Matheovi sa prihodí niečo, čo vám vyrazí dych. Šokoval vás incest vo Forbidden? Dnes už trocha zakázanej lásky medzi súrodencami nezdvíha vody tak, ako pred troma rokmi - dnes zdvihne vody to, o čom je Hurt. Máločo ma v knihách prekvapí - Tabitha Suzuma ma prekvapila hneď dva krát. Inými slovami: ja som sa s niečim takým v YA ešte nikdy nestretla. Pochybujem, že som jediná.
Celú knihu vlastne sledujeme to, ako Matheov "zážitok" postupne rozkladá jeho lásku k športu, jeho priateľstvá, jeho vzťah a celú jeho osobnosť, pričom prikladáme kúsky do mozaiky čo-sa-vlastne-stalo. Tabitha Suzuma trpí depresiami - a depresia v Hurt (podaná ako začarovaný kruh, z ktorého sa Matheo nevie dostať sám a zároveň nedokáže požiadať o pomoc iných) konečne nie je len samoúčelné koliesko na rozhýbanie deja. Hurt je veľmi silná, veľmi dobrá a extrémne profesionálne napísaná kniha. Nech vás 8/10 neodradí - Matheove depresie sú veľmi vierohodné a uveriteľné, ale v druhej polovici boli pre mňa až príliš frustrujúce a dej sa podľa mňa kvôli nim dosť ťahal. Stále je to však pre mňa jedna z najlepších kníh tohto roka.
Hurt alebo Forbidden, znie otázka? Neviem. Asi Hurt. Forbidden ma možno bavilo o kúštik viac, ale Hurt je iný level. V téme, v podaní, v hrdinovi. Vo všetkom.
Matheo je päťhviezdičkový sedemnásťročný chlapec - skvelé známky, bezproblémové dospievanie, úžasné dievča, športový talent. Priatelia, malý brat, skoky do vody a hlavne Lola sú veci, pre ktoré Matheo žije.
A potom sa TO stane.
Matheovi sa prihodí niečo, čo vám vyrazí dych. Šokoval vás incest vo Forbidden? Dnes už trocha zakázanej lásky medzi súrodencami nezdvíha vody tak, ako pred troma rokmi - dnes zdvihne vody to, o čom je Hurt. Máločo ma v knihách prekvapí - Tabitha Suzuma ma prekvapila hneď dva krát. Inými slovami: ja som sa s niečim takým v YA ešte nikdy nestretla. Pochybujem, že som jediná.
Celú knihu vlastne sledujeme to, ako Matheov "zážitok" postupne rozkladá jeho lásku k športu, jeho priateľstvá, jeho vzťah a celú jeho osobnosť, pričom prikladáme kúsky do mozaiky čo-sa-vlastne-stalo. Tabitha Suzuma trpí depresiami - a depresia v Hurt (podaná ako začarovaný kruh, z ktorého sa Matheo nevie dostať sám a zároveň nedokáže požiadať o pomoc iných) konečne nie je len samoúčelné koliesko na rozhýbanie deja. Hurt je veľmi silná, veľmi dobrá a extrémne profesionálne napísaná kniha. Nech vás 8/10 neodradí - Matheove depresie sú veľmi vierohodné a uveriteľné, ale v druhej polovici boli pre mňa až príliš frustrujúce a dej sa podľa mňa kvôli nim dosť ťahal. Stále je to však pre mňa jedna z najlepších kníh tohto roka.
September 12, 2013
I’m struggling to separate HURT from her FORBIDDEN, but it’s hard especially since a good bulk of this felt similar, yet sadly, not once as "big" in impact the latter. It’s a shadow of the first, I suppose. There’s also a touchy subject that I wasn’t quite sure I wanted revealed, yet it’s a reveal that had me thinking so many things: Did he do it? He did what? Was it bad? Then feeling like it was probably something bad… or not because I just wasn’t sure. Eventually, I’d switch to my more a more controlled voice in my head feeling like maybe it wasn’t that big a deal.
Yet with each moment of him falling apart with the reason still unclear, I confess, I felt myself getting less and less interested. Truth: I was never really invested in this. My need to know waned with each on-off moment he had. First all normal, then all broken, then back again… it lost me along the way so that I was simply clicking for the next portion:
Perhaps because of the poor little rich boy’s got problems feel that I thought the story was going with. Only the reveals- and there were two major ones here- proved me wrong. Yet even after those reveals, I predictably found myself shocked and angry and host of all other feelings for him, EXCEPT (and this matters) those feelings were all fleeting. Past a certain page, the emotion likewise evaporated.
There’s something I read recently that rings true for HURT. Perhaps like other things, YA is stuck “on the tired old rubric that which shocks automatically confers value.” ...And here, it doesn’t.
Yet with each moment of him falling apart with the reason still unclear, I confess, I felt myself getting less and less interested. Truth: I was never really invested in this. My need to know waned with each on-off moment he had. First all normal, then all broken, then back again… it lost me along the way so that I was simply clicking for the next portion:
Perhaps because of the poor little rich boy’s got problems feel that I thought the story was going with. Only the reveals- and there were two major ones here- proved me wrong. Yet even after those reveals, I predictably found myself shocked and angry and host of all other feelings for him, EXCEPT (and this matters) those feelings were all fleeting. Past a certain page, the emotion likewise evaporated.
There’s something I read recently that rings true for HURT. Perhaps like other things, YA is stuck “on the tired old rubric that which shocks automatically confers value.” ...And here, it doesn’t.
September 12, 2013
I found this style of writing to be over-indulgent on the author's part, keeping me at arm's length from the story, never really allowing me to connect with any of the characters, including the MC, Matt.
The writing is overly detailed, descriptive and filled with so many metaphors that I constantly found myself skimming and losing interest in the plot. Many interactions between characters and recurring events in the book felt contrived, purposefully trying to manipulate an emotional reaction from me.
The dialogue between the young friends didn't sound authentic, was often stilted, and just reminded me that I was reading a story. Rather than getting lost in the conversations between friends, imagining myself among them, I was querying whether young people really speak like that to each other.
The book is lacking in character and relationship development. We are told quite often how Matt and Lola feel about each other, without any genuine build up to their relationship. Matt professes his love for Lola constantly, almost to the point of blind, desperate obsession. Without Lola life is simply devoid of all meaning, all worth, and he is whittled down to nothing. I found their Romeo and Juliet-type tragic love a bit nauseating, TBH.
This point is irrelevant to my rating but the author needs to tone down on the use of exclamation marks, they were so prevalent it was distracting and they weren't used correctly half the time.
The writing is overly detailed, descriptive and filled with so many metaphors that I constantly found myself skimming and losing interest in the plot. Many interactions between characters and recurring events in the book felt contrived, purposefully trying to manipulate an emotional reaction from me.
The dialogue between the young friends didn't sound authentic, was often stilted, and just reminded me that I was reading a story. Rather than getting lost in the conversations between friends, imagining myself among them, I was querying whether young people really speak like that to each other.
The book is lacking in character and relationship development. We are told quite often how Matt and Lola feel about each other, without any genuine build up to their relationship. Matt professes his love for Lola constantly, almost to the point of blind, desperate obsession. Without Lola life is simply devoid of all meaning, all worth, and he is whittled down to nothing. I found their Romeo and Juliet-type tragic love a bit nauseating, TBH.
This point is irrelevant to my rating but the author needs to tone down on the use of exclamation marks, they were so prevalent it was distracting and they weren't used correctly half the time.
October 22, 2015
Holy hell I devoured this in one sitting. Just sat and read this for 4 hours straight. Most powerful book I've read on this subject by far. Tabitha Suzuma is now one of my favorite authors. She knows how to write and fully express the emotions and turmoil of characters. And handle these very sensitive, prevalent, and overlooked real life subjects. This book deals with an issue that is horribly overlooked not just in books but in society. This book can be a powerful eyeopener to a lot of people.
January 29, 2022
―𝐄𝐬 𝐬ó𝐥𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐥𝐚, 𝐡𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐬... ―𝐒𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞, 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐚 𝐯𝐨𝐳.
𝐀 𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐳 𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐚, 𝐩𝐮𝐞𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐧 é𝐥. ―¿𝐐𝐮é?
―𝐄𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐦é ―𝐒𝐞 𝐯𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐚―. 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐦é, 𝐋𝐨𝐥𝐚. 𝐌𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐨… 𝐦á𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐚 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨.
𝐀 𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐳 𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐚, 𝐩𝐮𝐞𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐧 é𝐥. ―¿𝐐𝐮é?
―𝐄𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐦é ―𝐒𝐞 𝐯𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐚―. 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐦é, 𝐋𝐨𝐥𝐚. 𝐌𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐨… 𝐦á𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐚 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨.
August 2, 2020
It's really important for you to remember that whatever happens, I always loved you.
I always loved you, Lola. More than I ever thought was possibile to love anyone in this world.
La bravura della Suzuma nel trattare tematiche cosi delicate, la delicatezza con cui fa entrare il lettore nel cuore e nella psiche dei personaggi, con tutti i sentimenti, il disagio, la paura, l’orrore e lo schifo.
L'abilità sempre dell'autrice, di farti vedere lo spiraglio in fondo al tunnel, di scaldarti il cuore una pagina prima e poi ridurlo in mille pezzi, fallo esplodere dal dolore…
È stata una lettura stupenda, dolorosa e intensa.
Bellissima! 💘
I always loved you, Lola. More than I ever thought was possibile to love anyone in this world.
La bravura della Suzuma nel trattare tematiche cosi delicate, la delicatezza con cui fa entrare il lettore nel cuore e nella psiche dei personaggi, con tutti i sentimenti, il disagio, la paura, l’orrore e lo schifo.
L'abilità sempre dell'autrice, di farti vedere lo spiraglio in fondo al tunnel, di scaldarti il cuore una pagina prima e poi ridurlo in mille pezzi, fallo esplodere dal dolore…
È stata una lettura stupenda, dolorosa e intensa.
Bellissima! 💘
October 19, 2018
➡Reseña en Mi rinconín de lectura⬅
https://mirinconindelectura.blogspot....
https://mirinconindelectura.blogspot....
June 10, 2014
Having read and enjoyed the powerful, heartbreaking and controversial Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma last year, I was looking forward to trying out some more of her works. I decided upon this, her newest book, after reading numerous good reviews about it over the past few months. All I can say is, wow! Although very different from 'Forbidden', Hurt is just as compelling, just as heartbreaking and just as well written as its predecessor. It isn't an easy read by any means due to its own difficult subject matter but it certainly packs a punch and gets you thinking.
I am not going to go into detail about the plot as I think it is best to go into this book relatively blind. To know too much, too soon could take away some of the emotional impact of the story. What I will say however, is that this is a book that will stay with me for a very long time. The writing is beautiful, the characters are all three dimensional and you cannot help but become emotionally caught up in the plight of the central character Mathèo. This book is called 'Hurt' for a reason. Mathèo experiences a vast amount of pain and torment in this book and his story, along with that of his devoted girlfriend Lola, will tug at your heartstrings. Also, there are plenty of twists and turns in this book and although I was able to work out some of it, I didn't guess it all. The last 50 or so pages, where the true horror of what happened finally comes to light, were mind blowing and left me feeling incredibly choked up. The whole thing is just so raw, so powerful and so real.
All in all, this was a truly fantastic book and one that I would highly recommend checking out. It won't be for everyone as it does deal with a controversial subject matter, the details of which are not shied away from, and this makes for some harrowing and upsetting reading at times. Despite this, I felt that the whole thing was really well handled and written with great sensitivity. It certainly made a huge impression on me, hence the 5 star rating, and Tabitha Suzuma is fast becoming one of my favourite authors. I will definitely be reading this book again the future and I look forward to reading whatever Tabitha decides to treat us to next.
I am not going to go into detail about the plot as I think it is best to go into this book relatively blind. To know too much, too soon could take away some of the emotional impact of the story. What I will say however, is that this is a book that will stay with me for a very long time. The writing is beautiful, the characters are all three dimensional and you cannot help but become emotionally caught up in the plight of the central character Mathèo. This book is called 'Hurt' for a reason. Mathèo experiences a vast amount of pain and torment in this book and his story, along with that of his devoted girlfriend Lola, will tug at your heartstrings. Also, there are plenty of twists and turns in this book and although I was able to work out some of it, I didn't guess it all. The last 50 or so pages, where the true horror of what happened finally comes to light, were mind blowing and left me feeling incredibly choked up. The whole thing is just so raw, so powerful and so real.
All in all, this was a truly fantastic book and one that I would highly recommend checking out. It won't be for everyone as it does deal with a controversial subject matter, the details of which are not shied away from, and this makes for some harrowing and upsetting reading at times. Despite this, I felt that the whole thing was really well handled and written with great sensitivity. It certainly made a huge impression on me, hence the 5 star rating, and Tabitha Suzuma is fast becoming one of my favourite authors. I will definitely be reading this book again the future and I look forward to reading whatever Tabitha decides to treat us to next.
November 21, 2014
Everything has a price no matter what it is
Tabitha is a dangerous writer ;you won't close the book and just go and live your life like before started reading ;actually this story is not easy to read ,for it will touch a nerve inside your life and make you feel something deep something hurting
Shall we take a look at the characters?
we have Mathèo who has a beautiful name ;) but had a misery inner conflict inside his own mind Mathèo loves Lola like so much I wonder where is he going to leave her ,but he seems to me one of a kind ;you know what I mean that kind that loves so deeply and eventually will get hurt by this ,but the thing is his love for her is not the thing that makes this dilemma it is its consequences something he never thought of and this is what we people never take much care about things we usually (or always) take for granted. Yes the cover is so well-made the boy and the shoot his burning cheeks and his closed eye! Yes Brilliant like the one inside the two covers.
It's Lola turn; I didn't like her that much so flat flat flat annoying but the way he talks about her in his mind and the he loves her make me re-evaluate my ideas for something is intentionally not told by the author (this here is what love means we can not really no the point and if we know it it is confusing) ,but *long sigh* at the end she is like a pigeon so light , so naive.
Well done Tabitha about the narration! you did it the best way narrating from third person point of view it delivered the story in a clever way. but I wish I haven't read it right now.
Tabitha is a dangerous writer ;you won't close the book and just go and live your life like before started reading ;actually this story is not easy to read ,for it will touch a nerve inside your life and make you feel something deep something hurting
Shall we take a look at the characters?
we have Mathèo who has a beautiful name ;) but had a misery inner conflict inside his own mind Mathèo loves Lola like so much I wonder where is he going to leave her ,but he seems to me one of a kind ;you know what I mean that kind that loves so deeply and eventually will get hurt by this ,but the thing is his love for her is not the thing that makes this dilemma it is its consequences something he never thought of and this is what we people never take much care about things we usually (or always) take for granted. Yes the cover is so well-made the boy and the shoot his burning cheeks and his closed eye! Yes Brilliant like the one inside the two covers.
It's Lola turn; I didn't like her that much so flat flat flat annoying but the way he talks about her in his mind and the he loves her make me re-evaluate my ideas for something is intentionally not told by the author (this here is what love means we can not really no the point and if we know it it is confusing) ,but *long sigh* at the end she is like a pigeon so light , so naive.
Well done Tabitha about the narration! you did it the best way narrating from third person point of view it delivered the story in a clever way. but I wish I haven't read it right now.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 458 reviews