Haters
October 25, 2008
I collect books from this Author. Her books are funny, and so realistic on the subject matter.
Receives New York stage actress Flora Diaz's excellent, dramatic style
September 6, 2008
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez's HATERS receives New York stage actress Flora Diaz's excellent, dramatic style as it tells of a high school girl who finds her classmates in her new Southern California school cruel - especially the wicked and beautiful Jessica.
Audiobook version review
August 16, 2008
17 year old Paski lives a comfortable life in New Mexico until her father gets a job in California. The move is hard on Paski, who must say goodbye to her mystical grandmother, her best friends and a boy she has a fierce crush on. Paski's acerbic wit and eye for humorous details helps her cope with the challenge of being a new girl at the local High School. The backdrop to life as a transplant to California is Paski's immerging talents as a "seer" or medium. This is author Valdes-Rodriguez's first young adult novel, and she masterfully portrays what it is like to be a teenage girl. Paski is an intensely believable character - plucky and smart despite having an absent mother.
Narrator Flora Diaz skillfully captures the sarcastic yet still lovable tone of Paski. Diaz manages to voice the character as sardonic yet never malicious or mean. Diaz sounds just like a teenager (even adopting an upward inflection to the end of her sentences), and teen listeners will find her performance both believable and charming. As voiced by Diaz one can almost see Paski rolling her eyeballs or biting her tongue as she notices all the funny details of her unconventional life. Teen listeners will find the audiobook version of Haters enjoyable due to Diaz's stellar performance.
Are you kidding?
(2 of 2 Found this Helpful)
April 16, 2008
We honestly thought that a 9th grader wrote this book. After discussing it, the best thing my daughter could say about it is that it was an "easy" read. I saw no real depth of characters beyond the trendy Latino stereotypes, with predictable, cliched twists. Big yawns all around.
Buy it for ANY TEEN!!!
March 7, 2008
I bought this book and fell in love with the message so much that I passed it on to a friend's teenaged daughter. She doesn't speak any Spanish at all, but came back to me completely blown away by the book. We sat, discussed the book, the situations the characters got into, some of the cultural themes, and she thanked me so many times for giving it to her to read. I am going to get this for my 15 year old niece too!
