Mini chronique de nouvelles ou mini récit (14)

Stupid Perfect World by Scott Westerfeld

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In this future-set novella by bestselling author Scott Westerfeld, Kieran Black lives in a "perfect" world. Disease and starvation have been eradicated, sleep is unnecessary, and it takes no time at all to go from the Bahamas to the moon. But now Kieran has to take Scarcity, a class about how people lived in the bad old days. And as if sitting through an hour of Scarcity every day wasn't depressing enough, it's final projects time. Each student must choose some form of ancient hardship to experience for two whole weeks. Kieran chooses having to sleep eight hours a night, which doesn't seem too annoying.

Maria Borsotti has never thought much of Kieran, but she decides to take pity on him and help him out with his project. Soon, Kieran is sleeping and having vivid dreams, while Maria, whose Scarcity project is to give up all teenage hormone regulation, is experiencing emotions she never knew she had. As their assignments draw them closer together, they begin to wonder if the olden days weren't so bad. Maybe something has been missing from their perfect lives after all?

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Un petit Scott Westerfeld même en 55 pages je suis de la partie. Dans cette univers futuriste la vie des hommes s'est tellement améliorée que tout les désagréments de notre temps ont disparu. On va suivre 2 ados qui vont redécouvrir le sommeil et la joie des hormones. C'est drôle, émouvant et on réalise à quel point notre présent est vivant et que les petits désagrément de la vie font aussi nos petits bonheurs.

Betrayed by Jennifer Rush

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After leaving Anna, Sam, Cas, and Nick behind, Trev is on his own and under the watchful eye of the Branch once more. But where do Trev's loyalties really lie? Riley, Trev's overseer, is determined to find out.
On Riley's command, Trev sets off on a mission to a small Wisconsin suburb. His order: locate and kill a seemingly innocent teen named Charlie. Trev soon learns, though, not everything is as it seems in this quiet town--most of all Charlie.
Find out what Trev's been up to behind the scenes in this Altered Saga original short story.

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Trev est le personnage que je trouve le plus interessant de la saga, j'ai toujours voulu en savoir plus sur lui et surtout voir un peu ce qu'il lui ait arrivé lorsqu'il était loin de l'équipe. Et bien, c'est chose faite et c'est très sympa on en découvre un peu plus sur l'agence et on voit surtout l'amorce des évènements du 2 .

The Spring Before I Met You by Sarah Rees Brennan 
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Introduction by Holly Black:

I had the privilege of reading this story many months ago and swooning over it almost as much as I swooned over Unspoken, the first book of Sarah Rees Brennan's gorgeously crafted modern gothic trilogy. Sarah's writing is incredible in that she is able to write these witty, lush scenes that have you smiling along until suddenly, in a single sentence, she reaches out to break your heart.

This story introduces us to one of the main characters of Unspoken, Jared Lynburn. Seeing him as the broken, dangerous, closed-off teenager that he appears to be from the outside allows us to anticipate all of the insight we'll have into his character when we get inside his head--which we will, since he's the heroine's "imaginary friend."

I enjoy the contrast of Jared's loneliness in the rough streets of Hunters Point/Bayview in San Francisco and the small, strange English town Jared is headed toward, and the girl he is about to meet. But most of all, in this story, I enjoy Jared himself, a character who is a study in contrasts--pushed to such extremes of despair and fury that he's truly capable of anything and yet capable of vast kindness, gentleness and humor.

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Petite introduction au personnage de Jared je dois dire que j'ai été surprise par cette nouvelle, on voit à quel point sa vie a été bouleversée  du jour au lendemain et sachant cela on comprend mieux le personnage et puis franchement je le plains aussi un peu.


The Summer Before I Met You by Sarah Rees Brennan 
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“Take care of your spirit, Kami,” said Megumi. “And don’t burn the place down.”

Kami grabbed both the suitcases and headed for the cabin she was sharing with Liz and Angela. Liz walked with her, and on their way Kami stopped.

“My Sobo was exaggerating,” she said earnestly. “There have been very few fires.”

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Cette fois c'est l’introduction au personnage de Kami on n'apprend pas grand chose mais on a vite une idée de son caractère. Elle est plutôt drôle et la voir avant est assez sympa.  


The Proposal by J. Lynn 
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Twitter fiction story of Cam and Avery.

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Bon je pense que le titre ne laisse pas place à une grande imagination mais j'aime bien ces personnages et avoir des nouvelles d'eux me fait plaisir so yeah !!