Menteuse

by Sonia Bellido Aguirre, Clara Ann Simons

Nina Álvarez a tout. Elle est la capitaine de l'équipe de basket du lycée et l'une des filles les plus populaires de l'école. Sans parler de sa carrière prometteuse en tant qu'influenceur sur les médias sociaux.
Un commentaire malheureux lors d'une fête. Une vidéo qu'elle n'aurait pas dû publier sur les médias sociaux et une série de circonstances défavorables font vaciller son image parfaite.
Qualifiée d'homophobe, non seulement elle perd des adeptes sur les médias sociaux, mais plusieurs universités ont décidé de lui retirer ses bourses de basket.
Paniquée, Nina prend une décision rapide : elle va sortir avec une des filles de son lycée. Quelqu'un que ses amis populaires ne supportent pas... Alexia Taylor.
Alexia est tout le contraire de Nina. Intelligente et calme, elle ne cache pas ses préférences sexuelles. Son aspiration ultime est de travailler un jour à la NASA et pour cela, elle doit maintenir des notes parfaites.
Bien sûr, l'offre de Nina ne l'intéresse pas du tout, mais lorsque son ami Cris s'interpose, il ne sera pas si facile de refuser.

Genres: LGBT, Spanish Literature, Romance

229 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 1, 2023

Reviews

[John Gilbert · Rating 3 out of 5]

I believe my third venture into these two author's books, not as good as the first two. Nice premise in creating a fake relationship and the two leads were interesting enough, with some nice themes including a transgender best friend of one of the leads, but in the end the entire premise just did not hold up. Somewhat disappointing as there was absolutely no need to insert a 'national championship' basketball game in the mix. 3+ stars.

[Misha · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't say this a lot but this was genuinely bad, I'm afraid. Lots of really beginner mistakes (that can absolutely be worked on, author) but absolutely detract from this book. For example, someone clearly told this writer than "she said" is to be avoided because as a result, we have incredibly redundant sentences such as "I'm sorry," she apologized (not actual example but to illustrate the problem). It gets VERY old very quickly.

Additionally, every second line of the dialogue in this book is either someone whispering or screeching, which is incredibly strange. Regular people having conversations do not whisper much unless it's a moment of vulnerability or an admission they do not wish to make or communicate secretly. Overusing these two makes most of the dialogue sound deranged.

Beyond the actual technical issues above, there are some really weird things going on this book. For example, the main character makes a weird joke that people call homophobic and "cancel" her, but she reacts by (as a straight woman) fake coming out as a lesbian (not bi or anything, just a total lie at the time) and finding a fake girlfriend who is an out lesbian. Sprinkle in incessant homophobia and transphobia for no reason and you have the rest of this book.

The primary relationship is also not believable at all since it goes from 0 to 100 within a chapter too.

Sorry, this was just bad for me and there was nothing at all that I enjoyed despite there being a lot of interesting stuff to dive into with poverty, using social media to get out of a small town, someone being the only trans woman in a high school, and discovering your sexuality but none of it is really given any nuanced treatment.

[Natalia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recomendado.

En este libro hay un montón de reflexiones que todo adolescente, homosexual o no, debería leer.

Nina Álvarez es la chica popular del instituto y tras meterse en un engorroso lío en redes sociales que podría arruinar su futuro recurre a Alexia, una chica muy inteligente que es simplemente ignorada por el mundo. O casi, porque su mejor amiga Cris, una chica trans, es el centro de muchos comentarios tránsfobos que nadie debería tener que pasar.

La historia que transcurre a causa de esto es muy interesante, ver cómo poco a poco Nina va siendo consciente de todo lo que sufren "los invisibles" en el instituto y aprender a no quedarse callada es muy emotivo.

Es una historia muy fácil de leer. Yo misma lo devoré en un día y me encantaría continuar la historia. Creo que en este libro se aprenden muchas cosas de forma amena y entretenida. Lo recomiendo, especialmente para los jóvenes :)

[Cindy Stein · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nina is on top of the high school food chain, as the basketball team captain and an increasingly popular social media influencer. But all of that image hides a difficult home life with little money compared to her well off friends. When Nina, drunk at a party, makes what comes off as a homophobic video, she's suddenly persona non grata. So she decides to win back her followers by taking on a fake girlfriend. She chooses Alexia, a smart girl whose been tutoring Nina in math.

This is a quick read and ends like all fake gf books. The writing felt simplistic, even for AI.

[Doug Elliott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liar is a high school based fake dating tale featuring basketball star Nina and quiet introvert Alexia. The impetus behind the scheme is a poorly received social media post on Nina’s part. The story has some cute moments, but the relationship between the two does not seem entirely believable. There is a decent supporting cast with both supporters and detractors. Most of these secondary characters have largely one-dimensional roles, though there are a couple of standouts. This is an easy read with minimal, albeit appropriate angst. The ending is satisfactory if a bit sudden.

[Ireri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es el tercer libro que leo de estás autoras y fácil es el que más me ha gustado, es mejor la narracion, los personajes, el tema, esté ha sido toda una buena sorpresa para mí, al inicio pensé que sería como otros pero después fue dando buenos argumentos, aún no es perfecto pero está mejor construido.

[Monica Lagos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Si te gustan los libros juveniles con protagonistas LGTB+ este es tu libro. Muy bien escrito, buena trama, personajes muy diferentes y muy bien trabajados. Excelentes personajes de apoyo y final feliz. No se puede pedir más. De los mejores libros juveniles que he leído en esta temática.

[Claudia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Echo de menos nuestras charlas, entrelazar nuestros dedos al caminar, abrazarla, besar su cuello. Sé que una parte de ella vivirá por siempre en mi corazón, la recordaré mientras viva y seguramente maldeciré haber sido tan idiota, me arrepentiré de haberla dejado escapar de esa manera.

[Lucy Hamer · Rating 3 out of 5]

DNF’d at 55% because I accidentally deleted the wrong Amazon account and have now lost over 170 books and countless of dollars :’) the first 55% was cute though! A great YA book on queerness and internalised homophobia without being too heavy.

[Stefany Ortiz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es un libro en general muy entretenido, se desarrolla con dos narradores que nos permiten conectar adecuadamente con las protagonistas. Un ritmo bastante fluido y en general personajes bien llevados.

[Miryam Zambrano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buena historia adolescente

[bea · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 fast read but very predictable

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
En un día lo terminé y no precisamente porque esté súper bueno, pero es entretenido y se lee muy rápido.

[Patricia alvarez moya · Rating 5 out of 5]

bella historia

Excelente trama y contenido de la historia. Muy recomendable , una historia de amor que muchas soñamos . Excelente me encanto

[Jake Callum · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't know how to explain it but this book feels like it was either written by someone who hasn't started high school yet, or someone who haven't been to high school in over twenty years

[Nicky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Haber descafeinado está bien me lo he leído en 2 días pero le falta uno poquito nose que