Sinopse:
Seventeen gruesome killings across the United States, within a span of six months and there is one clear connection among victims. They were all writers.
While media is decorating the murders with sensationalist stories, and law enforcement is playing catch-up, the homicidal maniac remains elusive and secretive.
Things get very interesting, when one day she decides to appear on an internet talk show for an honest fireside chat.
Nota: Este livro foi-me enviado pelo autor, em troca de uma resenha honesta, positiva ou não. Todas as opiniões expressas nesta resenha são completamente minhas.
Oh meu deus, o que é que acabei de ler? Que livro divertido!
É-nos contada a história de uma serial killer que mata pela raiva que os erros gramaticais lhe dão.
Grazine, pseudónimo desta serial killer, justifica esse sentimento que lhe incita a matar com o facto de investir o seu tempo valioso a ler os livros para depois eles estarem repletos de erros gramaticais que lhe saturam a paciência.
"I invest my valuable time reading a book. (...) But when I start noticing typos, comma splices, sentence sprawls, lack of parallelisms in sentence structures, overuse of commas or complete lack of them. These gaffes just fuel my fire."
Grazine mata-os nas mais variadas circunstâncias e deixa sempre uma pista para reivindicar o assassinato: um livro do(a) autor(a) com os erros gramaticais assinalados e outras notas.
Mas Grazine tem o bom senso de não se achar perfeita, também ela escreve com erros gramaticais, mas justifica as suas ações dizendo que ela não pretende que leiam o que escreve, mas que se um autor escreve o seu livro e pretende que muita gente o leia então Grazine, enquanto leitora, está no seu direito de exigir perfeição.
Neste livro até se fala na perspetiva das opiniões menos positivas dos bookbloggers por causa da gramática.
Bem, aqui um aparte, comigo não vão ter esse problema, porque se o livro é em inglês, e visto que a minha língua materna é o português, ainda que tenha estudado muitas destas coisas "técnicas" do Inglês quando andava no básico e no secundário, já não sei olhar para elas e perceber se está errado. Movo-me pelo "isto soa-me bem" ou o contrário, ou seja, apesar de tudo eu só preciso de compreender e não ando a reparar propriamente nesses erros. Mas sei que provavelmente os cometo ao escrever os posts em inglês. (Não me mates Grammar Nazi Serial Killer!)
O livro é bem pequenino, por isso não quero adiantar muito mais, mas quero salientar algumas citações que se evidenciaram e gostava de partilhar convosco:
"But when you did not respect me as a reader, WHY SHOULD I RESPECT YOU AS A WRITER?"
#storytime Achei piada a esta! Publiquei uma resenha de um livro na página do facebook do blog e houve um autor que me respondeu que tinha escrito um livro no mesmo género e fez um breve resumo sobre o mesmo. Respondi ao comentário dele dizendo que o livro dele até parecia interessante (pelo que ele tinha explicado) e ele enviou-mo por email no mesmo dia. Eu achei atencioso da parte dele e agradeci, claro, mas a verdade é que não tinha fechado parceria nenhuma, mas senti-me um pouco na obrigação de ter que o ler e fazer uma opinião, visto que ele me mandou o livro. #Brendatrouxa
Apesar de eu encarar a receção dos ebooks como um compromisso, abri uma exceção para este autor no momento em que ele tratou mal imensa gente, inclusive a mim, num grupo de bloggers portuguesas.
Depois dessas situações lá no grupo em que ele era racista, xenófobo e super mesquinho, falei com ele e disse-lhe que agradecia que me tivesse mandado o livro mas que não o ia ler nem resenhar, pois não aprovo aquele tipo atitudes e só trabalho com pessoas que respeitam os outros.
Achei as atitudes dele desprezíveis, não respeitou ninguém, inclusive desrespeitou potenciais leitores dos seus livros, e, acima de tudo, não nos respeitou como seres humanos.
Este blog é contra qualquer tipo de discriminação!
Desculpem o textão sobre isto, mas nunca vos tinha falado sobre este assunto e quando li esta frase no livro veio-me logo à memória toda esta situação e decidi que era a hora de vos contar isto.
Quando lhe perguntavam se ela matava por género, cor, idade etc, e ela responde:
"I am an equal opportunities serial killer"
Contrastando com o que se vê, por exemplo, em Mentes Criminosas, que normalmente no perfil do suspeito ele tem sempre preferências. Esta serial killer mata "sem discriminar"!
Adorei também a crítica que o próprio autor faz a outros colegas autores. Hilariante!
"If I started punishing all writers commiting grammatical mistakes, I might end up wiping out an entire generation of writers from the planet."
Este livro é, na sua maioria, narrado em forma de entrevista num programa clandestino, emitido na Dark Web, o que conjugado com o facto de ser uma short story (história curta) acaba por dar um caráter muito leve ao livro. Mas admito que tive pena de o livro ser tão pequenino, gostava de ter lido mais sobre isto.
Este livro chega a ser ridículo de tão engraçado que é. A cada parágrafo há pelo menos uma gargalhada. E, acima de tudo, este livro ensina-nos a refletirmos sobre as coisas que nos irritam e sobre o que podemos fazer quando atingimos esse limite.
Classificação: ★★★★☆
Com amor, Brenda
Synopsis:
Seventeen gruesome killings across the United States, within a span of six months and there is one clear connection among victims. They were all writers.
While media is decorating the murders with sensationalist stories, and law enforcement is playing catch-up, the homicidal maniac remains elusive and secretive.
Things get very interesting, when one day she decides to appear on an internet talk show for an honest fireside chat.
Note: This book was sent to me by the author in exchange for an honest review, positive or not. All of the opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
Oh my God, what did I just read? What a fun book!
In this book we are told the story of a serial killer who kills driven by the anger that the grammatical errors give her.
Grazine, the pseudonym of this serial killer, justifies this feeling that urges her to kill by saying that she's tired of investing her valuable time reading the books to find out later that they are full of grammatical errors that saturate her patience.
"I invest my valuable time reading a book. (...) But when I start noticing typos, comma splices, sentence sprawls, lack of parallelisms in sentence structures, overuse of commas or complete lack of them. These gaffes just fuel my fire."
Grazine assassinates her victims in the most varied circumstances and always leaves a clue to claim the murder: an author's book with grammatical errors marked and other notes.
But Grazine admits that she isn't perfect either, she also writes with grammatical errors, but justifies her actions by saying that what she writes is only for herself and not to be seen by others, and that if an author writes a book, he will want someone to read it so it should be perfect. So Grazine, as a reader, thinks that she is in her right to demand perfection.
In this book the author even jokes around about the perspective of bookbloggers and their less positive opinions due to grammar mistakes.
Well, the authors don't have to worry about me just because if the book is in English, and since my first language is Portuguese I don't even notice that stuff! Of course, I've studied many of these "technical" English things when I was in highschool, but that time is long gone and right now I am moved by " this sounds good" or "this doesn't sound ok", that is, in spite of everything I just need to understand and I don't really notice these mistakes. But I know that I probably do them by writing my blog posts in English. (Do not kill me Grammar Nazi Serial Killer!)
The book is very small, so I do not want to go much further, but I want to point out some quotes that I liked and that I would like to share with you:
"But when you did not respect me as a reader, WHY SHOULD I RESPECT YOU AS A WRITER?"
#storytime I liked this one! I published a book review on the blog's facebook page and there was an author who replied that he had written a book in the same genre and made a brief summary about it. I responded to his comment by saying that his book seemed interesting (from what he had explained) and he emailed me the same day. I thought he was toughtful, and I thanked him, of course, but the truth was that I hadn't exactly asked for it, but I felt a little obliged to have to read it and make an opinion, since he sent me the book.
Although I regard receiving ebooks as a compromise, I made an exception for this author when he treated me SO BAD, and a lot of other people, in a group of Portuguese bloggers.
After these situations in the group where he was racist, xenophobic and super stingy, I talked him and said that I was grateful that he had sent me the book but I would not read or review it, because I do not approve of those kind of attitudes and only work with people who respect others.
This blog is against any kind of discrimination!
I found his attitudes despicable, he respected no one, even disrespected potential readers of his books, and, above all, he did not respect us as human beings.
Sorry for this big story in the middle of the review, but I never told you this and when I read this sentence in the book, I remembered this awful situation and I decided it was time to tell you about it.
I laughed really hard to when she asked if she killed by gender, color, age, etc., and she replies:
"I am an equal opportunities serial killer"
Contrasting with what I've seen, for example, in Criminal Minds, which usually in the profile of the suspect he always has preferences. This serial killer kills "without discrimination"!
I also loved the criticism that the author makes to other fellow authors. Hilarious!
"If I started punishing all writers commiting grammatical mistakes, I might end up wiping out an entire generation of writers from the planet."
This book is mostly narrated as an interview in a clandestine program, broadcast on Dark Web, and by beeing a short story it gives the book a very light reading. But I admit that I wished that the book was bigger, I would love to read more about it.
Is ridiculous how funny this book is. Each paragraph has at least one big laugh. And, most of all, this book teaches us to reflect on the things that irritate us and what we can do when we reach our limit.
Rating: ★★★★☆
With Love, Brenda
