{My Thoughts} – Sonya {Sonny} is an interesting character that gets introduced into this series. The book is mainly about her as opposed to her friend Amy. If you read The Duff you will know that Amy is the sister to the main character in that book. I think it would have been interesting if this book had been based on her as opposed to her friend instead she was only a supporting character. None the less she had important roles throughout the book that helped to shape Sonny into the character she was destined to become.

Sonny is a liar on all accounts. She knows the truth, she chooses not to tell it. She thinks that if people get to know her for who she is that no one will like her. That no one will be there for her and that everyone will pack their bags and runaway from her. However, it is the complete opposite, her lies seem to be what is pushing those she cares about away from her as opposed to the truth. Although, when you think about it, how could the truth when she shares very little of it with even those that are the closest to her.

Amy is a sweet kind shy person. She is everything she was in the first book in the few encounters that she was shared. In this book she learns to grow up, to stand up for herself and to be more true to herself. She comes a long way within the pages of this book and I would have loved to see her develop into more, but like I said the book was about her friend Sonny and not her, which I’m still not sure if I like or not.

The book is well written, like the first it has it’s funny scenes. It has it’s emotional scenes. I even almost cried some, I did tear up in a few places. If you’ve read the book you know the places I’m referring to. All and all I think its a nice sequel to a great book, but the first book will in my opinion always be better, because the original characters are the ones I fell in love with. Now that. that is out of the way, if you enjoyed the first book, I am certain you will also enjoy this second one. ( )

{My Thoughts} – Sonya {Sonny} is an interesting character that gets introduced into this series. The book is mainly about her as opposed to her friend Amy. If you read The Duff you will know that Amy is the sister to the main character in that book. I think it would have been interesting if this book had been based on her as opposed to her friend instead she was only a supporting character. None the less she had important roles throughout the book that helped to shape Sonny into the character she was destined to become.

Sonny is a liar on all accounts. She knows the truth, she chooses not to tell it. She thinks that if people get to know her for who she is that no one will like her. That no one will be there for her and that everyone will pack their bags and runaway from her. However, it is the complete opposite, her lies seem to be what is pushing those she cares about away from her as opposed to the truth. Although, when you think about it, how could the truth when she shares very little of it with even those that are the closest to her.

Amy is a sweet kind shy person. She is everything she was in the first book in the few encounters that she was shared. In this book she learns to grow up, to stand up for herself and to be more true to herself. She comes a long way within the pages of this book and I would have loved to see her develop into more, but like I said the book was about her friend Sonny and not her, which I’m still not sure if I like or not.

The book is well written, like the first it has it’s funny scenes. It has it’s emotional scenes. I even almost cried some, I did tear up in a few places. If you’ve read the book you know the places I’m referring to. All and all I think its a nice sequel to a great book, but the first book will in my opinion always be better, because the original characters are the ones I fell in love with. Now that. that is out of the way, if you enjoyed the first book, I am certain you will also enjoy this second one. ( )

Though the main character did end up annoying me beyond belief, I made it to the end of this.

This was a perfectly fine romcom of a young adult book, but it didn't stand out to me at all. There were no moments where I felt terribly invested in the plot or where I felt any emotion other than mild amusement.

I spent the last third of the book skimming because it felt so dragged out. Sonny has a problem as a perpetual liar, and it takes her almost the entire book to finally come clean.

Ryder, the love interest, was extremely bland. His distinguishing features were him being a hipster and missing his old high school. Sonny enjoyed talking to him and confided things in him that she hadn't told other people, but I didn't really feel the chemistry.

Amy was just a pushover. People don't necessarily have to stay friends for their entire lives. They drift. Yet she wants Sonny sleeping in her room when there's a perfectly good guest room? And she doesn't catch Sonny on half her lies? She may be book smart, but she isn't street smart.

There were other details I didn't buy. She also mentioned having previously had a crush on Amy's older brother, but this doesn't get mentioned at all even in passing despite her spending time with him and his girlfriend. She lies to Amy about having done college applications. There's no way in hell this could have passed. Amy would have been spending HOURS on those essays and if they were applying to the same schools, they would totally have discussed the prompts or peer-edited or something. I didn't buy it.

This was at least a very quick read, as Sonny's voice kept the pacing very fast.

I think I would have enjoyed this one if the main characters hadn't frustrated me so much. ( )

WHY WOULD YOU END THE BOOK LIKE THIS?! Ah, dang it, I want to know how it goes from there wah. ( )

libros que te recuerdan demasiado tu realidad, oye :v

Original de: El Extraño Gato del Cuento

Voy a confesar que no le tenía mucha esperanza a Lying Out Loud, cuando se empezó a promocionar como parte de la serie The Duff pensé que Kody explotaría sus personajes ya conocidos. Pero no, Lying Out Loud se desarrolla al igual que sus otros libros que no tuvieron la publicidad de "parte de The Duff". Si has leído todos sus libros, sabrás que se desarrollan en el mismo escenario y aunque aparecen los personajes de los otros libros, solo lo hacen para dejarnos saber que están vivos.

CatFishing. Nunca entendí la expresión, porque en lo que pienso cuando alguien menciona esa palabra es a un gato sacando peces de una pecera y comérselos. Pero, lo que quiere decir la frase según urbandicitionary es que es coquetear con alguien online haciéndoles creer que tú eres otra persona. O sea, básicamente lo que hago con el blog jajaja Por algo la frase tiene gato en ella. Lying Out Loud es una especie de catfishing no intencionado, o un Cyrano de Bergerac a la inversa.

Esta vez la escritora no me hizo sentir incómoda. Sus libros tienden a ser un poquito agresivos en cuanto al sexo. No digo que los libros juveniles no deban tener sexo, no, eso sería absurdo, solo que si has leído Shut Out, se me hizo un poco demasiado exagerado y siendo ese casi el último libro que leí de Kody Keplinger, pensé que este sería mucho más explícito. Felizmente, para mí, no.

LOL (LYING OUT LOUD)

Esta historia me encantó, mi favorito de todos los libros de Kody hasta ahora.

Más que una historia de romance, es una historia de amistad entre Sonny y Amy. Es tan bonito porque antes que cualquier romance sin garantía, la amistad de estas dos chicas es lo más importante para ella, aunque haya tenido algunos resbalones por aquí y por allá. Amy es un personaje que tiende a caerme mal, pero Kody escribió la escribió tan bien, que no pude más que sentirme dolida cuando Sonny tiene que mentirle. Amy en el libro no tiene un gran protagonismo, pero se las arregla para aprender de ciertos errores que había estado permitiendo. Es cierto que puedes aprender de los errores de los demás también.

Me gustan muchos los romances que se desarrollan mediante cartas, email, mensajes de texto. Hay un lazo bastante psicológico en tratar a alguien mediante medio escrito en lugar de cara a cara. No sé si te ha pasado, pero hay personas que me agradan demasiado tan solo por su manera de escribir. El saber escoger las palabras es importante.

SONNY

La adoro. Es un personaje tan bien estructurado, me desesperó un poquito durante dos capítulos, pero fue mínimo. No es un personaje perfecto, como todos los personajes de Kody, pero tiene una personalidad tan magnética. Incluso el hipster snob de Ryder pudo resistirse. Sonny es sarcástica, divertida, no es realista pero trata de llevarlo lo mejor que puede. La con demasiada esperanza es Amy, en una manera adorable. Son un buen par estas dos chicas.

GUIÑOS A THE DUFF: LA PELÍCULA

Seh, hay una escena en Lying Out Loud que no entendí. Amy y Sonny van al centro comercial y se encuentran supuestamente con una ex-novia de Wesley, el problema es que no la recordaba, me tuvo pensando un buen rato. Y para colmo no vi la película por lo que no pude vincularlo. Hasta que leí un artículo donde me explicaban que esa escena era una manera de conectar la película del libro con el universo The Duff.

Solo que si como yo, no has visto la película, vas a terminar completamente confundido por unos minutos.

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Lying Out Loud me ha encantado, me recordó muchas cosas en las que trato de no pensar jajaja y aún así me gustó bastante. Aunque quizá para algunos pueda tener un final demasiado abierto, a mí me pareció perfecto.

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