Edinburgh -

Alexander Chee

Mariner Books

2016

240 páginas

8h 0m

ISBN-10: 0312305036

Twelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean American boy and a newly named section leader of the first sopranos in his local boys’ choir. But when Fee learns how the director treats his section leaders, he is so ashamed he says nothing of the abuse, not even when Peter, his best friend, is in line to be next. When the director is arrested, Fee tries to forgive himself for his silence. But when Peter takes his own life, Fee blames only himself. In the years that follow he slowly builds a new life, teaching near his hometown. There he meets a young student who is the picture of Peter and is forced to confront the past he believed was gone. Told with “the force of a dream and the heft of a life,”* Edinburgh marked Chee “as a major talent whose career will bear watching” (Publishers Weekly)..

Resenhas (1)

3.5 (Bom)

Eu estava muito envolvida na história até os 70%, mais ou menos. Considerando toda a culpa, remorso e a repulsa do Fee pelas ações do Bic Eric e o anseio do Edward por um pai ou uma família de verdade, acho que a relação dos dois seria mil vezes melhor se fosse platônica e não fizesse o Fee perpetuar o ciclo de abuso, porque, na minha visão, isso não faz sentido nenhum pro personagem. Apesar de achar ser uma boa história, foi realmente esse o ponto que me fez aproveitá-la muito menos.