There You'll Find Me - Opinião (Book Review)

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There You'll Find Me

Nome do livro: There You'll Find Me

(Sem edição em português)

Nome da Autora: Jenny B. Jones

Editora: Thomas Nelson

Número de páginas: 307 páginas

Sinopse: «Grief brought Finley to Ireland. Love will lead her home.Finley Sinclair is not your typical eighteen-year-old. She's witty, tough, and driven. With an upcoming interview at the Manhattan music conservatory, Finley needs to compose her audition piece. But her creativity disappeared with the death of her older brother, Will.She decides to study abroad in Ireland so she can follow Will's travel journal. It's the place he felt closest to God, and she's hopeful being there will help her make peace over losing him. So she agrees to an exchange program and boards the plane.Beckett Rush, teen heartthrob and Hollywood bad boy, is flying to Ireland to finish filming his latest vampire movie. On the flight, he meets Finley. She's the one girl who seems immune to his charm. Undeterred, Beckett convinces her to be his assistant in exchange for his help as a tour guide.Once in Ireland, Finley starts to break down. The loss of her brother and the pressure of school, her audition, and whatever it is that is happening between her and Beckett, leads her to a new and dangerous vice. When is God going to show up for her in this emerald paradise?Then she experiences something that radically changes her perspective on life. Could it be God convincing her that everything she's been looking for has been with her all along?»

Enquanto participava numa maratona literária, surgiu o desafio de ler um livro que se passasse no sítio que mais queres visitar. No meu caso, é, sem dúvida nenhuma, a Irlanda. Logo, pesquisei livros que decorressem neste incrível país e foi assim que descobri There You'll Find Me.

No livro acompanhamos Finley Sinclair, uma rapariga traumatizada pela morte do seu irmão que a impede de completar uma peça musical que ela planeava utilizar na sua audição para o Conservatório de Música de Manhattan. Devido a este bloqueio criativo, ela decide viajar para a Irlanda onde o seu irmão se sentiu mais perto de Deus. Na viagem, ela conhece Beckett Rush, um ator com quem ela acaba por desenvolver uma ótima amizade.

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Primeiro de tudo sinto que tenho que dizer que não sou a pessoa mais crente do mundo, e, mesmo assim, gostei bastante de todo este percurso de descoberta de Deus que temos pela personagem principal. 

O meu início com o livro poderia ter sido melhor uma vez que, ao fim de umas 20 páginas, temos aquele momento típico em romances em que a personagem masculina olha para a feminina e ela já está a corar, e eu já estou um bocado farta desses momentos. 

No entanto, rapidamente me apaixonei por ambas as personagens principais, especialmente a Finley que tem um humor fantástico e que acaba por dar um toque mais leve ao livro no meio de tantos temas complicados, apesar de que houveram momentos em que ela acabou por me irritar um pouco.

Contrariamente à grande maioria dos romances que li até hoje, neste temos verdadeiramente momentos surpreendentes. 

Como podem perceber pela premissa, temos muito presente neste livro a morte do irmão da personagem principal, consequentemente, o livro acaba por explorar temáticas mais pesadas e complexas.  

Exatamente por este motivo, também o final acaba por ser mais pesado. No entanto, foi muito bem construído. 

Em geral, e mesmo tendo temáticas tão pesadas, o livro é incrível e acaba por fazer o leitor verdadeiramente pensar nas coisas e foi, sem dúvida nenhuma, uma leitura que gostei bastante. Por esse motivo, recomendo muito, mesmo para aqueles que não acreditam em nenhum tipo de Deus. 

Boas leituras.

(4 em 5 estrelas)

«Maybe you should stop going by what you feel. And star going by what you know is truth.» - Página 197

There You'll Find Me

Original Title: There You'll Find Me

Author: Jenny B. Jones

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Pages: 307 pages

Synopsis: «Grief brought Finley to Ireland. Love will lead her home.Finley Sinclair is not your typical eighteen-year-old. She's witty, tough, and driven. With an upcoming interview at the Manhattan music conservatory, Finley needs to compose her audition piece. But her creativity disappeared with the death of her older brother, Will.She decides to study abroad in Ireland so she can follow Will's travel journal. It's the place he felt closest to God, and she's hopeful being there will help her make peace over losing him. So she agrees to an exchange program and boards the plane.Beckett Rush, teen heartthrob and Hollywood bad boy, is flying to Ireland to finish filming his latest vampire movie. On the flight, he meets Finley. She's the one girl who seems immune to his charm. Undeterred, Beckett convinces her to be his assistant in exchange for his help as a tour guide.Once in Ireland, Finley starts to break down. The loss of her brother and the pressure of school, her audition, and whatever it is that is happening between her and Beckett, leads her to a new and dangerous vice. When is God going to show up for her in this emerald paradise?Then she experiences something that radically changes her perspective on life. Could it be God convincing her that everything she's been looking for has been with her all along?»

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While participating in a literary marathon, one challenge was to read a book that the action unfolds at the place you most want to visit. In my case, it is undoubtedly Ireland. So, I searched for a book that takes place in this incredible country and that’s how I discovered There You'll Find Me.

In the book we follow Finley Sinclair, a girl who is traumatized by the death of her brother. The trauma keeps making it impossible to complete a musical piece that she planned to use in her audition for the Manhattan Music Conservatory. Due to this creative block, she decides to travel to Ireland where her brother felt closer to God to see if she can feel it too. On the plane, she meets Beckett Rush, an actor with whom she ends up developing a great friendship.

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First of all, I feel that I have to say that I am not the most religious person in the world, and yet I really enjoyed all this journey of discovery and being closer with God.

I feel like the beginning could have been better. After about 20 pages, we have that typical moment in romances in which the male character looks at the feminine and she is already blushing, and I'm little tired of those kind of moments, so I didn't like that.

However, I quickly fell in love with both the main characters, especially Finley who has a fantastic humor and who gives a lighter touch to the book in the midst of so many complicated subjects, although there were moments when she ended up irritating me a little.

Contrary to the great majority of the books that I read on this genre until today, on There You'll Find me we truly have unexpected moments.

As you can see from the premise, we have the death of the brother of the main character, consequently, the book ends up exploring heavier and more complex themes.

Exactly for this reason, also the end turns out to be heavier than I expected. However, it was very well built.

In general, and even having such heavy themes, the book is incredible and ends up making the reader truly think and was, without a doubt, a read that I thoroughly enjoyed. For this reason, I highly recommend it even to those who do not believe in any kind of God.

Good readings. 

(4 out of 5 stars)

«Maybe you should stop going by what you feel. And star going by what you know is truth.» - Página 197