¡Hola bookaholics! Espero y estén teniendo una excelente semana, hoy les traigo una reseña del libro La Misericordia del Cuervo de Margaret Owen. Gracias a Ediciones Urano por el libro.
Este libro tenÃa mucho hype en toda la comunidad y definitivamente llamó mi atención, lamentablemente no cumplió con mis expectativas. No sé si les ha pasado que leen un párrafo y no entendieron lo que estaba sucediendo y tuvieron que volver a leerlo para entender, pero al hacerlo se quedaron dormidos? Bueno eso me pasó a mà con este libro, estuve a punto de abandonarlo porque no lograba captar completamente mi atención.
Mi principal problema fue la narración, me pareció demasiado complicada y compleja para ser de género juvenil, y no, no tiene nada que ver la traducción, es más destaco el trabajo de las personas detrás de todo el proceso porque no debió ser fácil hacer una traducción fiel con una narración compleja, densa y repetitiva.
QuerÃa que la historia me gustara porque tiene un sistema de magia único que no habÃa leÃdo en este género, y me da pena que no lo haya disfrutado como se debÃa. Además, tampoco conecté con los personajes, simplemente me daba igual si sobrevivÃan o no. Por otro lado, como lo mencioné anteriormente, la trama es repetitiva, es decir, repite la misma fórmula que es huir, comer, correr, defenderse y pelear, y todo nuevamente por todo el libro hasta el final.
Cabe mencionar, que la autora hace una buena alegorÃa racial, al perseguir y querer erradicar a una casta en especÃfico por el simple hecho de ser diferentes, algo muy parecido con lo que sucede actualmente con las minorÃas.
En fin, quiero que sepan que no odie ni amé el libro, tampoco es el peor libro que he leÃdo en el año y por favor no lo comparen con Seis de Cuervos porque no hay punto de comparación.
Here is my top 5 of magical books
1. THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Ering Morgenstern
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.
Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.
2. HARRY POTTER by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter's life is miserable. His parents are dead and he's stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. But his fortune changes when he receives a letter that tells him the truth about himself: he's a wizard. A mysterious visitor rescues him from his relatives and takes him to his new home, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
After a lifetime of bottling up his magical powers, Harry finally feels like a normal kid. But even within the Wizarding community, he is special. He is the boy who lived: the only person to have ever survived a killing curse inflicted by the evil Lord Voldemort, who launched a brutal takeover of the Wizarding world, only to vanish after failing to kill Harry.
Though Harry's first year at Hogwarts is the best of his life, not everything is perfect. There is a dangerous secret object hidden within the castle walls, and Harry believes it's his responsibility to prevent it from falling into evil hands. But doing so will bring him into contact with forces more terrifying than he ever could have imagined.
Full of sympathetic characters, wildly imaginative situations, and countless exciting details, the first installment in the series assembles an unforgettable magical world and sets the stage for many high-stakes adventures to come.
3. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA by C.S. Lewis
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Narnia .... a land frozen in eternal winter ... a country waiting to be set free.Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia -- a land enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change ... and a great sacrifice.
There are a thousand stories in the land of Narnia, and the first is about to be told in an extraordinary motion picture, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, from Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media.
In the never-ending war between good and evil, The Chronicles of Narnia set the stage for battles of epic proportions. Some take place in vast fields, where the forces of light and darkness clash. But other battles occur within the small chambers of the heart and are equally decisive.
Journeys to the ends of the world, fantastic creatures, betrayals, heroic deeds and friendships won and lost -- all come together in an unforgettable world of magic. So join the battle to end all battles.
4. MISTBORN by Brandon Sanderson
The Mists rule the night.
The Lord Ruler owns the world.
He failed.
For a thousand years since, the world has been a wasteland of ash and mist ruled by the immortal emperor known as the Lord Ruler. Every revolt has failed miserably.
Yet somehow, hope survives. Hope that dares to dream of ending the empire and even the Lord Ruler himself. A new kind of uprising is being planned, one built around the ultimate caper, one that depends on the cunning of a brilliant criminal mastermind and the determination of an unlikely heroine, a street urchin who must learn to master Allomancy, the power of a Mistborn.
5. A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC by V.E. Schwab
Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black.
Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.
Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.
After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.
Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.
About Erin Morgenstern
Erin Morgenstern is the author of The Night Circus, a number-one national best seller that has been sold around the world and translated into thirty-seven languages. She has a degree in theater from Smith College and lives in Massachusetts. She grew up in Massachusetts and studied theatre and studio art at Smith College. She currently lives with her husband Adam and the world’s cutest kitten in the middle of the woods in the Berkshires. 
