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出版者:Scholastic

作者:Ann M. Martin

页数:308

出版时间:2004-10

价格:$ 19.15

装帧:HRD

isbn号码:9780439579445

具体描述

"In 1963, Ellie's mother, Doris Day Dingman, was crowned the Bosetti Beauty at Mr. Bosetti's supermarket, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and the Dingmans began to fall apart." So begins 11-yr-old Eleanor Roosevelt Dingman's story. Ellie, who is about to start 6th grade in the small town of Spectacle, NY, is the oldest child in her off-center family. Her father works construction jobs, while her mother, Doris, has only one dream - to become a rich and famous actress. But when that dream leads to Doris's abandonment of the family, it is Ellie who is called upon to take charge

作者简介

Ellie’s mother, Doris Day Dingman, has named all three of her children after famous people — Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, and Marie Curie. She also has big dreams for herself. Doris sees herself in a career as a model, a Broadway actress, or a movie star; and her ambitions are much larger than the small town where the Dingmans live. Ellie, on the other hand, is coping with the problems of everyday life: bullies at school, prejudice against her neighborhood, and cooking for the family when her mother is too busy pursuing her dreams. The year is 1963, and the assassination of President Kennedy in November tips the scales for Doris; she decides that life is short, and that she must make her escape from their stifling town and family life.

When Doris leaves abruptly for New York City, Ellie shoulders most of the burden of caring for her younger brother and sister, while her father withdraws into his work. With only her friend Holly to share her anguish at school when classmates trip and “slam” and shun them, Ellie finally makes a break of her own. Traveling to New York on the bus, she finds her mother and tries to convince her to return.

The trip only confirms what Ellie knew already, that Doris is incapable of giving the care and attention her family needs. It is Ellie’s father who comes to her rescue in a moment of danger and finally realizes that he must take control of the family his wife has deserted. Ellie’s ordeal on her journey teaches her that she can take charge of her own destiny and stand up for herself against the bullies who have been tormenting her. And it confirms her deep love for her family and her quirky neighborhood.

用户评价

这部作品在情感表达上显得异常空洞和矫揉造作，所有的“深刻”都停留在表面，缺乏真挚的打动人心的力量。角色们动辄就发表一些宏大、充满哲理的独白，但这些说教式的言辞听起来非常虚假，完全脱离了人物在具体情境下的真实反应。每当试图营造情感高潮时，作者的笔触都显得笨拙而用力过猛，结果反而让人感到尴尬和出戏。我需要的是那种润物细无声的、能触动我内心深处柔软角落的情感共鸣，而不是这种浮夸的、自以为是的“深沉”。读完之后，我发现自己对任何一个角色都没有产生真正的喜爱或怜悯，仿佛只是旁观了一场精心编排却毫无灵魂的戏剧表演。

这本书的叙事节奏简直是慢得让人抓狂，仿佛作者在用蜗牛的速度在推进情节。读到一半，我几乎要放弃了，因为它的大部分篇幅都在描绘一些无关紧要的日常琐事，那些细节的堆砌让人感到窒息。角色之间的对话也充满了拖沓和重复，同样的意思翻来覆去地说，让人不禁怀疑作者是不是在凑字数。我期待的是故事能有更快的进展，或者至少有一些引人入胜的转折，但现实是，我感觉自己像被困在一个无尽的迷宫里，每一步都走得很吃力，看不到出口。书中的人物塑造也显得单薄而刻板，他们的动机模糊不清，让我很难对他们的命运产生任何情感上的共鸣。总体来说，阅读体验是一场煎熬，我更愿意把时间花在能带来更多实质性阅读乐趣的作品上。

我不得不说，这本书的情节设计实在是缺乏想象力和原创性。它似乎是把其他许多成功作品中的老套路机械地拼凑在一起，没有任何惊喜或令人眼前一亮的创新。那些所谓的“悬念”，我早在故事开始十分钟内就猜到了结局，这让接下来的阅读过程变得索然无味，纯粹是机械地验证我的猜测。角色们也像是符号化的工具人，服务于作者预设的、毫无新意的剧本，他们的选择和行动都显得如此可预测和乏味。一本好的小说应该能带我领略未知的风景，挑战我的固有思维，但这本却像是在重复播放一盘我早就听腻了的旧磁带，让人提不起任何兴趣去深究。

这本书的装帧设计和排版质量也令人非常不满意，这极大地影响了我的阅读心情。纸张的质量很差，印刷模糊，一些地方甚至出现了墨迹的晕染，这对于一本实体书来说是不可接受的基本要求。更别提那些排版上的问题，页边距时宽时窄，行距设置得让人感觉拥挤不堪，长时间阅读下来眼睛非常疲劳。虽然内容是核心，但实体书的质感同样重要，它关乎阅读的愉悦性。拿到这本书的那一刻，我就有一种“廉价感”，这让我对其中蕴含的内容也产生了先入为主的负面看法。如果连最基本的制作工艺都无法保证，很难让人相信作者和出版方对作品投入了足够的匠心。

这本书的语言风格简直是一场灾难，充满了晦涩难懂的比喻和故作高深的词汇，读起来非常费力。作者似乎沉迷于展示自己丰富的词汇量，却忽略了清晰、流畅的表达。很多句子结构复杂到需要反复阅读才能勉强理解其大致含义，这极大地削弱了阅读的沉浸感。我更倾向于那种自然、直白的叙事，能让人毫不费力地进入故事的世界，而不是像现在这样，每读一页都需要进行一场“文字解码”的艰苦斗争。此外，书中充斥着大量未经解释的术语和背景设定，使得新读者在理解上门槛极高，仿佛作者预设了所有人都已是该领域的专家。这种傲慢的写作姿态，真的让人很难继续喜爱下去。