Meant to Be

Uma leitura leve e fluída com um romance bem clichê. Foi ótimo para trazer o inglês na minha rotina.

Great book

Dieses Buch war einfach toll. Der Schreibstil und die dadurch verliehene Leichtigkeit haben das Lesen sehr angenehm gestaltet und ich habe es in wenigen Tagen beendet. Trotz einiger Hin-und-Hers der Protagonistin kann ich das Buch jedem empfehlen, der eine leichte Lektüre für Zwischendurch sucht. Verdiente 5 Sterne und einfach nur lesens- und liebenswert!

I cannot talk enough about how much I loved Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill (and I don't think I have stopped talking about it since I first read it)! Seriously, this book is me...but in book form. Very rarely have I ever felt like an author sat down and was like, "Hmm, let me think of the perfect book to write for Tara." But I totally felt that way with Meant to Be.First of all, the setting. I lived in London for half a year last spring and there was so much of Meant to Be that was so familiar to me. Some of Julia's experiences in London were exactly like my first experiences - I went to the same places and ate at many of the same restaurants and it was like I was reliving my time abroad all over again.And Julia, the protagonist, is totally a straight-laced, uptight, always on time and always following the rules kind of girl. In many ways I found myself relating to her totally (but in other ways I just wanted to shake her and tell her to go have fun). I think she's going to be one of those characters that people either really like or really dislike, and I definitely feel the former.And the swoon! The swoon! I loved Jason, even though he was a total butthead at the beginning of Meant to Be. He kind of ended up as a total butthead in an adorable kind of way.Yes, there was plot too, besides the traveling abroad and romance thing. Which I found to be super entertaining, even though there were a lot of bits I predicted, I still enjoyed the ride. Oh, and there were some bits I totally didn't predict and it made me MAD for Julia even though Julia didn't really react the way I would have. But in any case. The plot of Meant to Be is a lot of fun.Basically - go pick Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill. It's hilarious with a side of deep and emotional, not to mention the swoony romance and the awesome experience of traveling abroad for the first time. Lauren Morrill's writing style is one that I loved and she's definitely already landed herself on my auto-buy list.I can't wait to get my finished copy of Meant to Be in my hands and reread it all over again.

High School JuniorのJuliaは成績優秀でドジ。恋に恋していて初恋の相手MikeをMTB（Meant To Be）だと信じ、いつかは結ばれると思っている。春休みのロンドンへの１０日間のSchool Tripでクラス一のお調子者（宿敵）JasonのBaddyにされてしまい・・・自由時間は２人組で行動せねばならず、計画的で慎重なJuliaは、まるで正反対の衝動的で無鉄砲なJasonに振り回されっぱなし。初めてルールを無視して行った（連れられて）異国のホームパーティーの後日からJuliaのケータイにChrisという謎の人物からメールが届くようになり、Jasonと共にChrisを探し始めるが・・・。最初のうちは嫌々だったJuliaも徐々にJasonのペースの流され・・私にはJasonのキャラが、行動の意味が、最後まで謎・・・・完全に理解不能・・・言ってしまえば、幼稚で目立ちたがり・・・？でもすごく活気のある描写で引き込まれ、笑えるシーンもあり、ラストを読んだらすべて良く思えてしまった・・・とろけました。