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Albertine
Albertine tells the story of a young couple in love, who after some family tragedies and twists of fate, makes the dream of getting married come true. Their new address would be a gigantic and gloomy mansion inherited by Jeremy, which he discovered by chance amongst the documents kept secret by his father’s tyranny. An old building, filled with stories and secrets. In their new address, along with the servants and Rosa, their faithful housekeeper who took care of the boy ever since his mother died, the couple begins to find out that Jeremy’s inheritance goes far beyond that house. There’s something much bigger; something that would place not only their love, but also Albertine’s life in a mortal and unescapable danger.
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First published January 1, 2012
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August 12, 2019
Albertine, from Décio Gomes, tells the story of two young people living in the 19th century, who grow together and are practically neighbors. Jeremy, son of the owner of a successful real estate, and Albertine, daughter of a single couple. For them to grow together, they developed a very great intimacy and friendship. This would be taken for a lifetime, if it weren't a tragic disaster that caused, until then, the best friends of childhood to be separated.
It's not possible to speak more of the story, without any spoiler being released. Albertine is narrated in the 3rd person, and Décio Gomes knew how to do it very well. From the 1st page to the last, the author managed, in a sadistic and impressive way, to make the reader not drop the book and get involved in the narrative so that you immerse yourself in the head and don't return to the surface until the last sentence of the book is read. It's amazing how everything in the book is interconnected. From the simple events to the gigantic surprises.
The book mixes romance, horror, thriller and action. It is extremely fantastic how Décio managed to put this in an extremely exciting way, making us laugh, cry, feel cold in the belly, get creepy, feel the hairs of the spine bristled, feel fear, be amazed in a very intense way. While reading continues, the desire to continue reading each chapter is uncontrollable. With each page upset, a surprise, a mystery, something is explained, but the mystery is always present. It even gets ridiculous (in a good way), but it's wonderful how Décio makes us express so many feelings, from a simple laugh to the agony.
At first, there was no way anyone would make me believe that Albertine was the first work of a very young author in his 23 years. The way he writes, the description, the words used, the plot and especially the extreme link between the facts that occurred, are from a writer, I would say, with more age and more experience. I'm sure Décio Gomes is a great promise to the national literature. As soon as the last sentence of the book is read, you are extremely anxious to read the sequence. Albertine definitely shows the experience of when love and death walk together.
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It's not possible to speak more of the story, without any spoiler being released. Albertine is narrated in the 3rd person, and Décio Gomes knew how to do it very well. From the 1st page to the last, the author managed, in a sadistic and impressive way, to make the reader not drop the book and get involved in the narrative so that you immerse yourself in the head and don't return to the surface until the last sentence of the book is read. It's amazing how everything in the book is interconnected. From the simple events to the gigantic surprises.
The book mixes romance, horror, thriller and action. It is extremely fantastic how Décio managed to put this in an extremely exciting way, making us laugh, cry, feel cold in the belly, get creepy, feel the hairs of the spine bristled, feel fear, be amazed in a very intense way. While reading continues, the desire to continue reading each chapter is uncontrollable. With each page upset, a surprise, a mystery, something is explained, but the mystery is always present. It even gets ridiculous (in a good way), but it's wonderful how Décio makes us express so many feelings, from a simple laugh to the agony.
At first, there was no way anyone would make me believe that Albertine was the first work of a very young author in his 23 years. The way he writes, the description, the words used, the plot and especially the extreme link between the facts that occurred, are from a writer, I would say, with more age and more experience. I'm sure Décio Gomes is a great promise to the national literature. As soon as the last sentence of the book is read, you are extremely anxious to read the sequence. Albertine definitely shows the experience of when love and death walk together.
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September 7, 2014
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