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Treinta me habla de amor
Treinta aparece un día anunciando que es Anamaría en el futuro, hablando de un amor raro y de jóvenes que deben ser salvadas. Anamaría tendrá solo trece años, pero no es ninguna tonta. Aunque Treinta parezca inofensiva, es una extraña. Y las chicas tienen que cuidarse de los extraños.
Especialmente en los 90. Especialmente en su amada Ciudad Juárez. Donde la desaparición de mujeres y niñas se ha vuelto tan frecuente que el mayor miedo de todas es volverse una "encontrada".
Además… Anamaría no necesita que nadie la salve. Aunque es cierto que se exige por demás, que el abuso en el colegio se ha vuelto intolerable, y que últimamente ha estado teniendo sueños mortales y febriles, en una ciudad marcada por la tragedia…
¿Qué más da una chica triste?
Especialmente en los 90. Especialmente en su amada Ciudad Juárez. Donde la desaparición de mujeres y niñas se ha vuelto tan frecuente que el mayor miedo de todas es volverse una "encontrada".
Además… Anamaría no necesita que nadie la salve. Aunque es cierto que se exige por demás, que el abuso en el colegio se ha vuelto intolerable, y que últimamente ha estado teniendo sueños mortales y febriles, en una ciudad marcada por la tragedia…
¿Qué más da una chica triste?
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First published November 2, 2021
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February 26, 2024
Qué libro tan poderoso. Me pone piel de gallina su mera existencia y ya lo leí dos veces.
Más allá del contexto histórico (Ciudad Juarez en los 90) es imposible no ver en los miedos y las exigencias de Anamaria esas cosas con las que crecimos todos. Especialmente todas. Al menos en Latinomerica.
La autora tiene un ángel muy particular y expresa de manera bellísima todo ese dolor, todo ese miedo y todo ese crecimiento.
Más allá del contexto histórico (Ciudad Juarez en los 90) es imposible no ver en los miedos y las exigencias de Anamaria esas cosas con las que crecimos todos. Especialmente todas. Al menos en Latinomerica.
La autora tiene un ángel muy particular y expresa de manera bellísima todo ese dolor, todo ese miedo y todo ese crecimiento.
February 17, 2022
A mind-bendingly beautiful exploration of identity and place. A must-read!
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January 6, 2021Set in Ciudad Juarez in 1999, Anamaria, who is 13, runs into her 30-year-old self while at the movies changing her pad in the bathroom. She's annoyed and suspicious: how could this be her? More, in a community where girls regularly go missing, she's worried that this 30-year-old version of her may not be who she claims to be.
Written in a combination of Spanish and English, this verse novel is a compelling and hard-edged story about female friendship, about the challenges of being "the best," experiencing and understanding depression, and about living in a reality where safety is of constant concern.
Anamaria loves science but finds herself falling for poetry throughout the book, which surprises her. She was put off by her 30-year-old self being a poet and saw it as a waste of time and talent. But it's through her poetry that young Anamaria can unravel the challenges she's set upon herself to be the top student, as well as to be unlike some of the other girls in her class who she finds so distasteful. And then when her best friend goes missing -- something her father worried about constantly, as Margarita lived in a rougher part of town -- things only get more and more challenging for her, and poetry is a tremendous reprieve. . . as is her 30-year-old self's wisdom.
The setup is pretty fascinating, and because Anamaria is not really interested in getting to know her 30-year-old self, her 30-year-old self is less about offering guidance and more about helping Anamaria tap into what it is she needs and wants for herself and her life. At the end, her older self is able to encourage her younger self to seek help for depression in a way that's not preachy but rather from a place of tremendous love.
It may be a short read, but it's packed with themes begging for discussion.
Pair this with Under the Mesquite.
Written in a combination of Spanish and English, this verse novel is a compelling and hard-edged story about female friendship, about the challenges of being "the best," experiencing and understanding depression, and about living in a reality where safety is of constant concern.
Anamaria loves science but finds herself falling for poetry throughout the book, which surprises her. She was put off by her 30-year-old self being a poet and saw it as a waste of time and talent. But it's through her poetry that young Anamaria can unravel the challenges she's set upon herself to be the top student, as well as to be unlike some of the other girls in her class who she finds so distasteful. And then when her best friend goes missing -- something her father worried about constantly, as Margarita lived in a rougher part of town -- things only get more and more challenging for her, and poetry is a tremendous reprieve. . . as is her 30-year-old self's wisdom.
The setup is pretty fascinating, and because Anamaria is not really interested in getting to know her 30-year-old self, her 30-year-old self is less about offering guidance and more about helping Anamaria tap into what it is she needs and wants for herself and her life. At the end, her older self is able to encourage her younger self to seek help for depression in a way that's not preachy but rather from a place of tremendous love.
It may be a short read, but it's packed with themes begging for discussion.
Pair this with Under the Mesquite.
April 1, 2022
This was such a good read & yet has so few reviews online! Doing my part here (and on the review sites) because we 100% need more books in school libraries that touch on mental health (in this case, depression & suicidal ideation), especially when they center Latinx (in this case Mexican) voices.
THIRTY TALKS WEIRD LOVE revolves around a 13 yr old living in Ciudad Juárez during the 90s, and exists in that perfect sweet spot that could be labeled upper MG or younger YA. The book in verse tackles not just the above mentioned mental health subjects, but also femicide, stress, school pressures, and beauty standards.
Honestly, I loved the story, the poetry, the Spanglish, and especially the plot points revolving around the 30 yr old version of the main character showing up to give advice.
Iveliz (from my upcoming debut) would 100% have read this book, and I'll certainly be recommending it to others. 💕
THIRTY TALKS WEIRD LOVE revolves around a 13 yr old living in Ciudad Juárez during the 90s, and exists in that perfect sweet spot that could be labeled upper MG or younger YA. The book in verse tackles not just the above mentioned mental health subjects, but also femicide, stress, school pressures, and beauty standards.
Honestly, I loved the story, the poetry, the Spanglish, and especially the plot points revolving around the 30 yr old version of the main character showing up to give advice.
Iveliz (from my upcoming debut) would 100% have read this book, and I'll certainly be recommending it to others. 💕
February 25, 2024
Read it in one sitting, immediately knew it would be a favorite but I wasn’t expecting it to pull so much emotion out of me. Guau.
April 6, 2023
Ambientada en los 90s, en Ciudad Juárez, una comunidad donde las niñas desaparecen todo los días, algo que es preocupante para todos los habitantes del lugar, no es la excepción para Ana María de 13 años, que se encuentra con su yo de 30 años, ¿es ella realmente? .
Ana María le gusta mucho la ciencia, disfruta de la escuela, pero para tener 13 años tiene mucho pesos sobre los hombros, por todas las situaciones que la rodean. A través de la poesía ella puede eclipsar ese dolor y ansiedad, algo que a su yo de 30 años le hubiera ayudado muchísimo.
Esta novela está narrada en forma de versos, no le quita lo profunda y desgarradora que puede ser. Porque no solo se trata de los feminicidios, se trata de temas como “ser la mejor”, la depresión, vivir en un ambiente inseguro.
Lo qué pasa con Margarita… lo sentí tan… doloroso pero desafortunadamente es algo que vivimos mucho en Latinoamérica, pero aún así no deja de doler.
Ana María le gusta mucho la ciencia, disfruta de la escuela, pero para tener 13 años tiene mucho pesos sobre los hombros, por todas las situaciones que la rodean. A través de la poesía ella puede eclipsar ese dolor y ansiedad, algo que a su yo de 30 años le hubiera ayudado muchísimo.
Esta novela está narrada en forma de versos, no le quita lo profunda y desgarradora que puede ser. Porque no solo se trata de los feminicidios, se trata de temas como “ser la mejor”, la depresión, vivir en un ambiente inseguro.
Lo qué pasa con Margarita… lo sentí tan… doloroso pero desafortunadamente es algo que vivimos mucho en Latinoamérica, pero aún así no deja de doler.
July 11, 2023
Este libro es una carta de ayuda para todos los que necesitan saber que no están solos y también es un retrato de la vida en Ciudad Juárez entre el amor y las muertas.
September 21, 2021
WOW. Full review to come!
May 10, 2022
A really exciting modern addition to the classic of Mexican magical realism tales. Bold, self-reflective, incredibly creative.
March 21, 2024
Poetry, prose whatever it may be it was well done! I enjoyed feeling 13 again and related to this book a lot. As almost 30 I wish I had known about weird love before too.
January 5, 2023
“Las chicas no son bancos de palabras, resúmenes, listas ni titulares. Las chicas son historias. Creo. Pero ¿se contarán todas? ¿Se leerán todas? ¿Tendrán todas un final? No lo sé”.
“Treinta me habla de amor” nos habla de esa niña que fuimos y de esa mujer en la que nos convertimos. Nos habla de esas chicas desaparecidas que para siempre vivirán en nosotras, en nuestras cicatrices, en nuestras lágrimas, en nuestra tristeza. Nos habla de la no-perfección, de amarnos, de aceptarnos, de pedir ayuda, de ser sin importar el que dirán. Nos habla de depresión, de superación, de la mano amiga que nos salva todos los días.
“Treinta me habla de amor” es tu historia y es la mía. Es la niña que fuimos y la mujer en que nos convertimos. Es el libro que debemos de leer sin importar que nuestra historia no suceda en el mismo escenario en el que se encuentra Anamaria. Porque su historia nos interpela, nos enseña y nos conecta.
“Treinta me habla de amor” sos vos enseñándome a mi, soy yo enseñándote a vos.
“Treinta me habla de amor” nos habla de esa niña que fuimos y de esa mujer en la que nos convertimos. Nos habla de esas chicas desaparecidas que para siempre vivirán en nosotras, en nuestras cicatrices, en nuestras lágrimas, en nuestra tristeza. Nos habla de la no-perfección, de amarnos, de aceptarnos, de pedir ayuda, de ser sin importar el que dirán. Nos habla de depresión, de superación, de la mano amiga que nos salva todos los días.
“Treinta me habla de amor” es tu historia y es la mía. Es la niña que fuimos y la mujer en que nos convertimos. Es el libro que debemos de leer sin importar que nuestra historia no suceda en el mismo escenario en el que se encuentra Anamaria. Porque su historia nos interpela, nos enseña y nos conecta.
“Treinta me habla de amor” sos vos enseñándome a mi, soy yo enseñándote a vos.
January 23, 2023
No estoy acostumbrada a leer poesia pero esta me llego y me dolio.
Imaginate que tu yo del futuro con 30 años te visite cuando tenias 13, pues esto es justo
lo que nos cuenta Anamaria a traves de esta novela en verso. Nos platica sobre el miedo a crecer, el body horror de la adolescencia, las amistades, el miedo al fracaso y la competitividad.
Pero creo que el tema mas fuerte es el de los feminicidios, senti el miedo constante de Anamaria a desaparecer. Y me dolio lo que paso con Margarita. Sin duda son experiencias que te dejan heridad muy profundas en el almas. Es una queja ante la inseguridad y odio hacia la mujer en Mexico.
Lo recomiendo mucho para adolescentes (middle grade) creo que les haria reflexionar bastante.
Imaginate que tu yo del futuro con 30 años te visite cuando tenias 13, pues esto es justo
lo que nos cuenta Anamaria a traves de esta novela en verso. Nos platica sobre el miedo a crecer, el body horror de la adolescencia, las amistades, el miedo al fracaso y la competitividad.
Pero creo que el tema mas fuerte es el de los feminicidios, senti el miedo constante de Anamaria a desaparecer. Y me dolio lo que paso con Margarita. Sin duda son experiencias que te dejan heridad muy profundas en el almas. Es una queja ante la inseguridad y odio hacia la mujer en Mexico.
Lo recomiendo mucho para adolescentes (middle grade) creo que les haria reflexionar bastante.
March 15, 2022
one of the best books I've read about a young teen with depression, also time travel. Highly recommended!
January 1, 2021
I can't say I've read many novels or books set in Mexico. This was definitely pretty different for me, set in a place and time I'm unfamiliar with, with a lot of language I didn't understand, too. But the story was still relatable, as was the main character, Anamaria.
This is written as a series of poems and letters. As I mentioned above, Anamaria writes in a combination of English and Spanish. The book covers an array of topics, including race, bullying, murder, depression and suicide, and feminism. Many of these things are brought to Anamaria's attention by Thirty, a stranger who appears one day claiming to be Anamaria from seventeen years in the future (aged thirty). She talks to young Anamaria about self love, depression, and the importance of getting help. As she tries to help Anamaria and another mystery girl, clear differences between Thirty's life and Anamaria's become apparent.
This addressed such important topics in a great way. It was simple and easy to read, even if I didn't understand some of it (I didn't get very far in Spanish class). It would likely be a fantastic book for young girls from similar backgrounds, suffering with depression, bullying or other problems - or for anyone, honestly. I'm rounding my rating up to 4 stars; I appreciated the messages this book carries and was able to relate to Anamaria in a few ways, but other things were kind of lost on me (which isn't the books fault!).
This is written as a series of poems and letters. As I mentioned above, Anamaria writes in a combination of English and Spanish. The book covers an array of topics, including race, bullying, murder, depression and suicide, and feminism. Many of these things are brought to Anamaria's attention by Thirty, a stranger who appears one day claiming to be Anamaria from seventeen years in the future (aged thirty). She talks to young Anamaria about self love, depression, and the importance of getting help. As she tries to help Anamaria and another mystery girl, clear differences between Thirty's life and Anamaria's become apparent.
This addressed such important topics in a great way. It was simple and easy to read, even if I didn't understand some of it (I didn't get very far in Spanish class). It would likely be a fantastic book for young girls from similar backgrounds, suffering with depression, bullying or other problems - or for anyone, honestly. I'm rounding my rating up to 4 stars; I appreciated the messages this book carries and was able to relate to Anamaria in a few ways, but other things were kind of lost on me (which isn't the books fault!).
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November 4, 2020Thank you Cinco Puntos via Edelweiss for providing an early copy of Thirty Talks Weird Love.
TW: Negative Body Image Ideas, Thoughts of Suicide, Suicide Attempts, Eating Disorders, Academic Obsessive Traits, Missing Girls and Women, Murder of Girls and Women.
I would like to start this review off by saying that this story took me for a ride.
While reading the summary and the first verses, I couldn't have imagined how heavy this story was going to be.
This story is told in verse, which is one of my favorite formats to consume. Not only because it is quicker to get through, but because it flows like poetry. For me, novels written in verse grab me quicker and keep me there until the end. Which is exactly what Thirty Talks Weird Love did to me.
For some reason, I thought this was going to be a cute little novel about a thirteen year old meeting her thirty year old self. But my was I wrong.
Please go into this story with caution. Review my trigger warnings before starting the story. While it was beautiful, it was heart wrenching, as well.
By reading about the author at the end of the book, it seems that a lot of details are based off of her life, but not 100% sure if all of the details are inspired by true events.
I will definitely buy a physical copy and add it to my collection. This is a story I would read multiple times throughout my life.
TW: Negative Body Image Ideas, Thoughts of Suicide, Suicide Attempts, Eating Disorders, Academic Obsessive Traits, Missing Girls and Women, Murder of Girls and Women.
I would like to start this review off by saying that this story took me for a ride.
While reading the summary and the first verses, I couldn't have imagined how heavy this story was going to be.
This story is told in verse, which is one of my favorite formats to consume. Not only because it is quicker to get through, but because it flows like poetry. For me, novels written in verse grab me quicker and keep me there until the end. Which is exactly what Thirty Talks Weird Love did to me.
For some reason, I thought this was going to be a cute little novel about a thirteen year old meeting her thirty year old self. But my was I wrong.
Please go into this story with caution. Review my trigger warnings before starting the story. While it was beautiful, it was heart wrenching, as well.
By reading about the author at the end of the book, it seems that a lot of details are based off of her life, but not 100% sure if all of the details are inspired by true events.
I will definitely buy a physical copy and add it to my collection. This is a story I would read multiple times throughout my life.
January 15, 2022
A touching semi-autobiographical novel in verse about a thirteen year old girl in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico in 1999 who's visited by her thirty year old self. I loved fierce and fragile Anamaria, all her fight, and how she grapples authentically with Thirty's weird ideas about self love, poetry, and asking for help.
Cw for suicide, disordered eating, femicide
Cw for suicide, disordered eating, femicide
January 10, 2022
Enjoyed hearing the author read this little story. It pushed the edge of my Spanish listening comprehension, but I liked how the stories of magic, mental health, social conflict, coming of age, and missing & murdered women came together.
April 17, 2023
A must-read for everyone who was a girl is a girl or has raised a girl! Incredibly insightful and heartbreaking.
June 16, 2022
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January 30, 2022
“What is a girl? Her color, her skin, her face, her eyes, her cheeks, her brain, her belly, her mami, her papi, her life, her death? I think not. Girls are not word banks, bullet points, summaries or headlines. Girls are stories. I think. But will all stories be told? Will all stories be read? Will all stories have an end?"
THIRTY TALKS WEIRD LOVE is a YA novel in verse by Alessandra Narváez Varela. It's weird to call it historical fiction since it takes place in 1999, but I guess that was a whole lifetime ago, huh? What were you up to in 1999? I was in first grade. All I remember from that era was my parents stocking up on canned foods for Y2K and waiting to see if the lights would stay on entering the new millenia.
Set in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, this book follows Anamaria, a 13 year old white, Mexican girl, academic-obsessed, dealing with depression & suicidal thoughts, body image issues, and the constant threat of existing in a girl's body as femicides run rampant. In the late 90s to early 2000s, upwards of 400 women and girls went missing, and then found, "The word that means dead." Feminicido, the murder of women because they are women, still plagues Latin America. In April 2020, 267 women were murdered in Mexico, numbers soaring as lockdown sequestered victims with their assailants. Intimate partner violence is only one way femicide occurs. For more information, I recommend "Mexico Has a Second Pandemic: Femicide" published by Elle.com and "Disappearing Daughters," a piece of photo journalism published in the Seattle Times that is a must read, imo. Something the book explores is Anamaria's coming to terms with how colorism, race, and class also motivated the crimes and disappearances with poor, brown women the most common to go missing. As Anamaria discusses with an uncle figure, it is not the city that takes the girls, but people.
What sets the book in motion is a weird encounter at the cineplex between Anamaria and a woman claiming to be her future self, nicknamed "Thirty," Thirty stresses the importance of loving oneself, embracing rest, asking for help and support, and ending the toxic competition between Anamaria and 4 other girls in her grade: "Work towards this goal: si una gana, ganamos todas." Perhaps the most feminist aspect of this book is Anamaria's growing kindness towards "the mean girl," someone Thirty says lashes out because of her own sadness. Through heartbreak, grief, and distress, Thirty talks her weird love at Anamaria, causing a butterfly effect ending in triumph. I absolutely adore their relationship, with Anamaria snapping at Thirty like any teen girl would and also teaching her future self so much.
The author's own experiences inspired this book, and when I tell you, it had a complete hold on me. It was a tough story, but one full of strength/ care/ love, one I am so glad to have taken a chance on. Thanks to the publisher for a digital review copy.
THIRTY TALKS WEIRD LOVE is a YA novel in verse by Alessandra Narváez Varela. It's weird to call it historical fiction since it takes place in 1999, but I guess that was a whole lifetime ago, huh? What were you up to in 1999? I was in first grade. All I remember from that era was my parents stocking up on canned foods for Y2K and waiting to see if the lights would stay on entering the new millenia.
Set in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, this book follows Anamaria, a 13 year old white, Mexican girl, academic-obsessed, dealing with depression & suicidal thoughts, body image issues, and the constant threat of existing in a girl's body as femicides run rampant. In the late 90s to early 2000s, upwards of 400 women and girls went missing, and then found, "The word that means dead." Feminicido, the murder of women because they are women, still plagues Latin America. In April 2020, 267 women were murdered in Mexico, numbers soaring as lockdown sequestered victims with their assailants. Intimate partner violence is only one way femicide occurs. For more information, I recommend "Mexico Has a Second Pandemic: Femicide" published by Elle.com and "Disappearing Daughters," a piece of photo journalism published in the Seattle Times that is a must read, imo. Something the book explores is Anamaria's coming to terms with how colorism, race, and class also motivated the crimes and disappearances with poor, brown women the most common to go missing. As Anamaria discusses with an uncle figure, it is not the city that takes the girls, but people.
What sets the book in motion is a weird encounter at the cineplex between Anamaria and a woman claiming to be her future self, nicknamed "Thirty," Thirty stresses the importance of loving oneself, embracing rest, asking for help and support, and ending the toxic competition between Anamaria and 4 other girls in her grade: "Work towards this goal: si una gana, ganamos todas." Perhaps the most feminist aspect of this book is Anamaria's growing kindness towards "the mean girl," someone Thirty says lashes out because of her own sadness. Through heartbreak, grief, and distress, Thirty talks her weird love at Anamaria, causing a butterfly effect ending in triumph. I absolutely adore their relationship, with Anamaria snapping at Thirty like any teen girl would and also teaching her future self so much.
The author's own experiences inspired this book, and when I tell you, it had a complete hold on me. It was a tough story, but one full of strength/ care/ love, one I am so glad to have taken a chance on. Thanks to the publisher for a digital review copy.
March 28, 2023
Cuando me llegó este libro por parte de V&R editoras no lo esperaba, por el titulo pensé que sería una novela juvenil de romance, pero no fue nada de lo que me esperaba...
Por qué está es la historia de una niña de 13 años que se llama AnaMaría y por alguna razón muy extraña conoce a Treinta que es ella misma en el futuro que viene a advertirle y salvarla de algo que le puede cambiar la vida para siempre, ya que vive en Ciudad Juárez y está latente lo de las muertas de Juárez, por qué ninguna chica está a salvo.
El saber que trataba el tema de las muertas de Juárez se me hizo sorprendente, ya que como les comento el título me hizo imaginar algo muy diferente y otra cosa que me sorprendió es que la autora es una poetiza y este es de esta ola de libros que te cuentan una historia atra vez del conjunto de varios poemas.
El libro es bueno, te atrapa desde la 1er vez que lo lees y por el hecho de ser poemas hace la lectura fácil y ágil, por qué algo que caracteriza a los poemas es que son coloquiales y nos dan contexto de cosas que pasaban en el 99 que es la época en la que se desarrolla el libro.
Pero por otro lado siento que el libro es un conjunto de temas que no se terminan de desarrollar, por qué habla del bullying pero me di cuenta ya casi al final del libro cuando desde la mitad lo plantea, no te explica muy bien como es posible que llegue Treinta con AnaMaría, habla de la depresión pero siento que se toma a la ligera del suicidio y no logra encajar bien y el tema de las muertas de Juárez siento que es como de que la autora se le había olvidado y lo mete al último con calzador y cuando te planeta que es a la protagonista, lo hace con un personaje secundario.
El libro es una muy buena idea a la que le faltó mucho desarrollar, pero aún así me agrado el contexto y todo lo que plantea a su modo, nunca me había tocado un libro que se desarrollará en Ciudad Juárez y la frontera norte del país, fue muy interesante conocer la vida en esa parte del país.
Aunque el libro me dejó más curiosidad y no respondió mis dudas igual lo recomiendo, es un libro que tiene muchas cosas que vale la pena leer y creo que me estoy haciendo fan de los libros escritos en prosa poética, si pueden leer este libro y tienen la oportunidad no la desperdicien, nunca hay que pasar de largo este tipo de temas, sea como sea que se escriban hay que darles voz.
Entrada completa en: http://calderolitetario7.blogspot.mx
Por qué está es la historia de una niña de 13 años que se llama AnaMaría y por alguna razón muy extraña conoce a Treinta que es ella misma en el futuro que viene a advertirle y salvarla de algo que le puede cambiar la vida para siempre, ya que vive en Ciudad Juárez y está latente lo de las muertas de Juárez, por qué ninguna chica está a salvo.
El saber que trataba el tema de las muertas de Juárez se me hizo sorprendente, ya que como les comento el título me hizo imaginar algo muy diferente y otra cosa que me sorprendió es que la autora es una poetiza y este es de esta ola de libros que te cuentan una historia atra vez del conjunto de varios poemas.
El libro es bueno, te atrapa desde la 1er vez que lo lees y por el hecho de ser poemas hace la lectura fácil y ágil, por qué algo que caracteriza a los poemas es que son coloquiales y nos dan contexto de cosas que pasaban en el 99 que es la época en la que se desarrolla el libro.
Pero por otro lado siento que el libro es un conjunto de temas que no se terminan de desarrollar, por qué habla del bullying pero me di cuenta ya casi al final del libro cuando desde la mitad lo plantea, no te explica muy bien como es posible que llegue Treinta con AnaMaría, habla de la depresión pero siento que se toma a la ligera del suicidio y no logra encajar bien y el tema de las muertas de Juárez siento que es como de que la autora se le había olvidado y lo mete al último con calzador y cuando te planeta que es a la protagonista, lo hace con un personaje secundario.
El libro es una muy buena idea a la que le faltó mucho desarrollar, pero aún así me agrado el contexto y todo lo que plantea a su modo, nunca me había tocado un libro que se desarrollará en Ciudad Juárez y la frontera norte del país, fue muy interesante conocer la vida en esa parte del país.
Aunque el libro me dejó más curiosidad y no respondió mis dudas igual lo recomiendo, es un libro que tiene muchas cosas que vale la pena leer y creo que me estoy haciendo fan de los libros escritos en prosa poética, si pueden leer este libro y tienen la oportunidad no la desperdicien, nunca hay que pasar de largo este tipo de temas, sea como sea que se escriban hay que darles voz.
Entrada completa en: http://calderolitetario7.blogspot.mx
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January 13, 2021I have recieved an ARC for this book.
Thirty Talks Weird Love takes place in Cuidad Juárez, Mexico, where Anamaria, a thirteen-year-old lives. One day a woman comes up to Anamaria claiming that she is the future self of her. The future woman, Thirty requests for help and offers advice to thirteen-year-old Anamaria.
The plot of this book was medium, not too fast or too slow. I really liked the structure of the book. The structure would include conversations between Thirty and Anamaria, poems, and verses. What I enjoyed was how caring and sweet Anamaria's parents were to her. I found it wonderful for the reasons how she had ended up naming her parents Chachita and Papiringo. My favorite scene in this book was from a conversation Thirty and Anamaria were having and the book title popped up. That scene was lighthearted.
Thirty Talks Weird Love covered many topics such as race, feminism, depression, femicides, and more. This book is about learning how to accept yourself.
Overall this book was beautiful and sweet.
Important Characters:
Anamaria: a thirteen-year-old living in Mexico
Thirty: future version of Anamaria
Chachita: Anamaria's mother
Papiringo: Anamaria's father
Thirty Talks Weird Love takes place in Cuidad Juárez, Mexico, where Anamaria, a thirteen-year-old lives. One day a woman comes up to Anamaria claiming that she is the future self of her. The future woman, Thirty requests for help and offers advice to thirteen-year-old Anamaria.
The plot of this book was medium, not too fast or too slow. I really liked the structure of the book. The structure would include conversations between Thirty and Anamaria, poems, and verses. What I enjoyed was how caring and sweet Anamaria's parents were to her. I found it wonderful for the reasons how she had ended up naming her parents Chachita and Papiringo. My favorite scene in this book was from a conversation Thirty and Anamaria were having and the book title popped up. That scene was lighthearted.
Thirty Talks Weird Love covered many topics such as race, feminism, depression, femicides, and more. This book is about learning how to accept yourself.
Overall this book was beautiful and sweet.
Important Characters:
Anamaria: a thirteen-year-old living in Mexico
Thirty: future version of Anamaria
Chachita: Anamaria's mother
Papiringo: Anamaria's father
January 14, 2022
This novel in verse was quick but not necessarily easy.
It reminds me a lot of books like The Poet X or Gabi: Girl in Pieces, where a young Latinx girl turns to poetry to help her navigate her self-discovery. However, Anamaria is a much younger protagonist at age 13, and where Xiomara and Gabi are dealing with boys and strained relationships with their moms, she’s instead dealing with depression, anxiety, and low-self esteem. With repeating themes of the missing and murdered girls of Juarez and suicide, this book goes to some dark places, but it also offers a path through the darkness, tackling the topic of self love just as hard.
I can imagine Thirty Talks Weird Love as part of a classroom activity to write a letter to your future (or past) self or a lesson on poetry. The book includes a lot of Spanish wordplay, which will make Latinx readers feel right at home. Non-Spanish speakers won’t be left too in the dark though, since most phrases are translated right away.
I enjoyed that the audiobook was written by the author, but I also wish I would’ve been able to read a paper copy of the book to look at the shape of the poems on the page.
It reminds me a lot of books like The Poet X or Gabi: Girl in Pieces, where a young Latinx girl turns to poetry to help her navigate her self-discovery. However, Anamaria is a much younger protagonist at age 13, and where Xiomara and Gabi are dealing with boys and strained relationships with their moms, she’s instead dealing with depression, anxiety, and low-self esteem. With repeating themes of the missing and murdered girls of Juarez and suicide, this book goes to some dark places, but it also offers a path through the darkness, tackling the topic of self love just as hard.
I can imagine Thirty Talks Weird Love as part of a classroom activity to write a letter to your future (or past) self or a lesson on poetry. The book includes a lot of Spanish wordplay, which will make Latinx readers feel right at home. Non-Spanish speakers won’t be left too in the dark though, since most phrases are translated right away.
I enjoyed that the audiobook was written by the author, but I also wish I would’ve been able to read a paper copy of the book to look at the shape of the poems on the page.
March 21, 2022
A verse novel that's a little bit sci-fi and a little bit contemporary, Thirty Talks Weird Love is a multi-layered story. It's about the difficulties of middle school, family, and mental health--and then there's a more sinister undercurrent of fear and hopelessness as girls from Anamaria's town continue to disappear.
So when a strange women shows up claiming to be Anamarie from the future, it's enough to push Anamarie to the edge. An edge she was already teetering on while struggling to be the perfect student, daughter, and friend.
Though I liked Anamarie and cheered her on as she found her voice and learned to ask for help, I felt like the addition of Thirty (aka Future Anamarie) was a little strange considering she didn't seem to drive the story much at all. The verse format also steals a little bit of character depth we might have gotten otherwise (though I often feel that way about verse novels).
So when a strange women shows up claiming to be Anamarie from the future, it's enough to push Anamarie to the edge. An edge she was already teetering on while struggling to be the perfect student, daughter, and friend.
Though I liked Anamarie and cheered her on as she found her voice and learned to ask for help, I felt like the addition of Thirty (aka Future Anamarie) was a little strange considering she didn't seem to drive the story much at all. The verse format also steals a little bit of character depth we might have gotten otherwise (though I often feel that way about verse novels).
June 7, 2021
This is one of those books where the message is powerful, and there are glimmers of great writing, but the overall effect left me wanting more. The blackout poems are my favorite: they're emotional gut punches. I love the overall premise of Anamaria's 30-year-old self interacting with her 13-year-old-self, and I love how the book voices the lost girls/women of Ciudad Juarez. I just wish the writing had been more consistently excellent.
February 21, 2022
A love letter to a past self. Living in the region the book takes place hurts in a beautiful way. I am unable to put into words how much I needed this book having just turned 30. It’s more than just for YA.
August 8, 2023
¡Hola lectores! ¿Cómo están? Espero se encuentren súper bien, el día de hoy quiero hablarles de un libro muy peculiar llamado Treinta me habla de amor de Alessandra Narváez Varela.
Lo primero que debo decirles, es que yo llegué a él porque a través de redes sociales lo conocí, un libro muy diferente a todo lo que había leído,porque estaba escrito a manera de prosa, como si de poesía se tratara y además porque tocaba un tema muy fuerte como lo es la desaparición de niñas en la frontera mexicana.
La novela nos cuenta la historia de Anamaría; una niña que vive en Ciudad Juárez en México, conocemos su vida diaria y el contexto de su entorno en la época de los 90's que es donde transcurre la novela, pues en aquellos años la desapareción de mujeres y niñas era muy común.
Es de esta manera cuando Treinta aparece en la historia, ella es la versión futura de Anamaría y le advierte de las cosas que pueden ocurrir en caso de tomar ciertas decisiones, sobre todo en estado con tanta violencia como lo es Ciudad Juárez.
Creo que es todo lo que puedo hablar sobre este librazo,porque en tan solo 249 páginas te puedo tocar el corazón de tantas maneras que no sabía que de podía.
Lo más impactante de esto, es que lo que pasaba en aquellos años sigue pasando actualmente y ojalá que fuera ficción, que el asesinato de estas mujeres fuera ficticio, pero lamentablemente es algo que vivimos en México y en el mundo día con día.
Es una novela que al termina te deja reflexionando, porque jamás había pensado el segundo plano de estos asuntos, el hecho de vivir en un entorno así,el sentir miedo, el sentimiento de las personas a las que les desparecieron un familiar, todos y cada uno de estos temas que se tocan en Treinta me habla de amor me dejaron pensando una vez lo acabé.
Es un libro muy bueno, con una crítica social demasiado fuerte y se los recomiendo ampliamente a todos.
Es de esos libros que no sabes qué esperar, pero terminan siendo demasiado buenos, debo decirles que es de las mejores lecturas que he leído en el 2023.
Al final decidí dejarle una calificación de 4/5 en Goodreads.
Lo primero que debo decirles, es que yo llegué a él porque a través de redes sociales lo conocí, un libro muy diferente a todo lo que había leído,porque estaba escrito a manera de prosa, como si de poesía se tratara y además porque tocaba un tema muy fuerte como lo es la desaparición de niñas en la frontera mexicana.
La novela nos cuenta la historia de Anamaría; una niña que vive en Ciudad Juárez en México, conocemos su vida diaria y el contexto de su entorno en la época de los 90's que es donde transcurre la novela, pues en aquellos años la desapareción de mujeres y niñas era muy común.
Es de esta manera cuando Treinta aparece en la historia, ella es la versión futura de Anamaría y le advierte de las cosas que pueden ocurrir en caso de tomar ciertas decisiones, sobre todo en estado con tanta violencia como lo es Ciudad Juárez.
Creo que es todo lo que puedo hablar sobre este librazo,porque en tan solo 249 páginas te puedo tocar el corazón de tantas maneras que no sabía que de podía.
Lo más impactante de esto, es que lo que pasaba en aquellos años sigue pasando actualmente y ojalá que fuera ficción, que el asesinato de estas mujeres fuera ficticio, pero lamentablemente es algo que vivimos en México y en el mundo día con día.
Es una novela que al termina te deja reflexionando, porque jamás había pensado el segundo plano de estos asuntos, el hecho de vivir en un entorno así,el sentir miedo, el sentimiento de las personas a las que les desparecieron un familiar, todos y cada uno de estos temas que se tocan en Treinta me habla de amor me dejaron pensando una vez lo acabé.
Es un libro muy bueno, con una crítica social demasiado fuerte y se los recomiendo ampliamente a todos.
Es de esos libros que no sabes qué esperar, pero terminan siendo demasiado buenos, debo decirles que es de las mejores lecturas que he leído en el 2023.
Al final decidí dejarle una calificación de 4/5 en Goodreads.
January 10, 2022
“‘Ciudad Juárez es
la frontera más fabulosa
y bella del mundo,’ Juan
Gabriel, our sweet prince of sung border love, sings.
I feel his words in my bones.
despite all the death,
fear and potholes, I
see my city as a her, a second mami: black braids cover her brown head ten times. Wrinkles
like flowers bloom from
her desert and cement eyes.
her heart is carved with
cacti nests where we,
Juarenses, eat from
the prickly pears she grows like breasts. I never could spit her
milk because she feeds me every day, because
she’s my beloved home.”
~~ From THIRTY TALKS WEIRD LOVE
This novel-in-verse by Alessandra Narváez Varela captures what it’s like to both love & fear your home. It follows a white 13-year-old Mexican girl named Anamaría, who recounts living with the daily threat of becoming another statistic in the femicides taking place in Juárez. Anamaría’s an overachiever who has a hard time with her mental health. She meets her thirty-year-old self, who tries to set her on a better path.
This book was refreshing & touching. I tandem read & audiobooked it & LOVED that the author narrated it herself. She has a slight accent, which I appreciated, since it broadens the representation of populations whose stories we don’t normally get to hear. Some of us who were raised outside the U.S. do have accents. I also liked the setting & that many of her poems had some español. What I most loved was that it was semi-autobiographical & a way for the author to bear witness to the horrors of femicide.
This one’s a #BeyondtheBestsellers pick that more folks should read!
la frontera más fabulosa
y bella del mundo,’ Juan
Gabriel, our sweet prince of sung border love, sings.
I feel his words in my bones.
despite all the death,
fear and potholes, I
see my city as a her, a second mami: black braids cover her brown head ten times. Wrinkles
like flowers bloom from
her desert and cement eyes.
her heart is carved with
cacti nests where we,
Juarenses, eat from
the prickly pears she grows like breasts. I never could spit her
milk because she feeds me every day, because
she’s my beloved home.”
~~ From THIRTY TALKS WEIRD LOVE
This novel-in-verse by Alessandra Narváez Varela captures what it’s like to both love & fear your home. It follows a white 13-year-old Mexican girl named Anamaría, who recounts living with the daily threat of becoming another statistic in the femicides taking place in Juárez. Anamaría’s an overachiever who has a hard time with her mental health. She meets her thirty-year-old self, who tries to set her on a better path.
This book was refreshing & touching. I tandem read & audiobooked it & LOVED that the author narrated it herself. She has a slight accent, which I appreciated, since it broadens the representation of populations whose stories we don’t normally get to hear. Some of us who were raised outside the U.S. do have accents. I also liked the setting & that many of her poems had some español. What I most loved was that it was semi-autobiographical & a way for the author to bear witness to the horrors of femicide.
This one’s a #BeyondtheBestsellers pick that more folks should read!
October 26, 2021
In 1990s Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, girls were being kidnapped from the streets, so Anamaria’s parents were very careful about where she was in the city and what she was doing. She spends most of her time studying and trying to get top rank in her class at a private middle school, since she plans to be a doctor. Then one day, a limping woman who claims to be Anamaria from the future arrives to change the past. She is by turns frightening, cheesy and just plain strange. The woman also says that she is a poet, not a doctor, something that Anamaria can’t even comprehend. She also insists that Anamaria needs help and needs to change the way she is living and get help.
The wild title and cover lead readers to an exploration of depression and overwork in young people in schools. Written in verse, the book also shows the power of being willing to take a chance and find a way to express yourself in poetry and words. Varela chillingly captures the smallness of Varela’s world, a toxic trudge of schoolwork and messed up friendships and working for her parents. Even as everyone works to protect her from the dangers of the streets, they are unaware that the real danger may be invisible and inside Anamaria herself.
The writing here is marvelous. Varela shows how halting first attempts at poetry grow into true self expression and a way to release internal pressures. Anamaria shows herself to be deep and thoughtful, far more interesting than the girl striving to beat everyone at school. The author uses clever poetic formats to transform larger poems into something altogether different and drawings combined with words to create apologies and new connections.
A deep delve into depression and the power of poetry. Appropriate for ages 10-13.
The wild title and cover lead readers to an exploration of depression and overwork in young people in schools. Written in verse, the book also shows the power of being willing to take a chance and find a way to express yourself in poetry and words. Varela chillingly captures the smallness of Varela’s world, a toxic trudge of schoolwork and messed up friendships and working for her parents. Even as everyone works to protect her from the dangers of the streets, they are unaware that the real danger may be invisible and inside Anamaria herself.
The writing here is marvelous. Varela shows how halting first attempts at poetry grow into true self expression and a way to release internal pressures. Anamaria shows herself to be deep and thoughtful, far more interesting than the girl striving to beat everyone at school. The author uses clever poetic formats to transform larger poems into something altogether different and drawings combined with words to create apologies and new connections.
A deep delve into depression and the power of poetry. Appropriate for ages 10-13.
January 4, 2022
YA, loving ones self
Written in verse, this book has a good message, love your self, flaws and all. But for me, the poetry was not easy to understand; the author knew what she wanted to say, but I often couldn't understand what she intended, or I just got lost in the poetry.
From Amazon "Out of nowhere, a lady comes up to Anamaria and says she’s her, from the future. But Anamaria’s 13, she knows better than to talk to a stranger. Girls need to be careful, especially in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico - it’s the '90s, and fear is overtaking her beloved city as cases of kidnapped girls and women become alarmingly common. This 30-year-old “future” lady doesn’t seem to be dangerous, but she won’t stop bothering her, switching between cheesy Hallmark advice about being kind to yourself and some mysterious talk about saving a girl.
Anamaria definitely doesn’t need any saving, she’s doing just fine. She works hard at her strict, grade-obsessed middle school - so hard that she hardly gets any sleep; so hard that the stress makes her snap not just at mean girls, but even her own (few) friends; so hard that when she does sleep she dreams about dying - but she just wants to do the best she can so she can grow up to be successful. Maybe Thirty’s right, maybe she’s not supposed to be so exhausted with her life, but how can she ask for help when her city is mourning the much bigger tragedy of its stolen girls?
Written in verse, this book has a good message, love your self, flaws and all. But for me, the poetry was not easy to understand; the author knew what she wanted to say, but I often couldn't understand what she intended, or I just got lost in the poetry.
From Amazon "Out of nowhere, a lady comes up to Anamaria and says she’s her, from the future. But Anamaria’s 13, she knows better than to talk to a stranger. Girls need to be careful, especially in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico - it’s the '90s, and fear is overtaking her beloved city as cases of kidnapped girls and women become alarmingly common. This 30-year-old “future” lady doesn’t seem to be dangerous, but she won’t stop bothering her, switching between cheesy Hallmark advice about being kind to yourself and some mysterious talk about saving a girl.
Anamaria definitely doesn’t need any saving, she’s doing just fine. She works hard at her strict, grade-obsessed middle school - so hard that she hardly gets any sleep; so hard that the stress makes her snap not just at mean girls, but even her own (few) friends; so hard that when she does sleep she dreams about dying - but she just wants to do the best she can so she can grow up to be successful. Maybe Thirty’s right, maybe she’s not supposed to be so exhausted with her life, but how can she ask for help when her city is mourning the much bigger tragedy of its stolen girls?
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