Alberta Children's Book of the Year Nominee, 2007 "Truth and rumour, fantasy and reality, love and prejudice. I'm up here, in front of God, the priest, and the congregation listening to EVERY SINGLE AMPLIFIED BREATH, of every person in front of me, unable to say a God-damn word about the guy who was my best friend for eight years. All I can do is stand silent, and think about how it all began." Barbara Jean (BJ) Belanger has always suffered from low self-esteem: she has a portwine birthmark on her face, she feels overweight, and has repeatedly suffered the taunts of others her age for which she is a natural target, a victim. One of the very few who have treated her with respect, understanding and affection is Alex, who becomes her best friend. And what's ripping her apart as the story opens is that she knows she has betrayed him in the worst possible way. She didn't realize that he needed her support just as much as she needed his. The real agents behind her betrayal are two other girls at school, Victoria and Rachel, gorgeous creatures who like flirting with Alex and who pretend that they want to be BJ's best friend. When Alex takes on a new member of his garage band, David, the balance of all their lives is upset, as Alex seems to display more affection for David than for her. Drifting away from her close friendship with Alex, BJ gets drawn into the glamour girls' orbit, and people start gossiping about Alex's close friendship with his new singer. Disaster comes when BJ is persuaded that she should steal Alex's journal of poems, in which he reveals the dark secret of his real feelings for David. Very quickly, BJ's life is turned upside down in a terrible moment in which the meanness of the world proves too much to bear. Alma Fullerton brings fresh twists to the meaning of love and betrayal in her uncompromising portrayal of two lonely souls whose profound regard for each other isn't enough to save their friendship.
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这本书最让我感到困惑,但也最着迷的是其对“道德模糊地带”的探讨。作者似乎完全摒弃了“好人”与“坏人”的二元对立,笔下的人物行动逻辑充满了内在的矛盾和自我合理化。一个角色的善举往往伴随着自私的动机,而一个看似无情的决定,背后却可能是对更大伤害的避免。这迫使我不断地审视自己的判断标准。我记得有一段对话,关于“真相是否永远有价值”,对话双方的论证都极具说服力,我读完后甚至不知道该站在哪一边,那感觉就像是站在一个十字路口,所有的方向指示牌都指向了相反的意义。这种对人性复杂性的坦诚,让故事摆脱了说教的风险,转而成为一种对读者自身价值观的温柔拷问。它不给你答案,它只负责展示问题,让读者在阅读结束后依然久久不能释怀,不断在脑海中重演那些灰色地带的抉择场景。
评分这本书的叙事节奏简直是教科书级别的慢热,初读时我几乎要打退堂鼓。作者似乎对情节的推进有着近乎固执的克制,每一个转折都像是经过深思熟虑后才小心翼翼地抛出的一个不起眼的线索。我花了将近三分之一的篇幅才真正意识到,所有的日常琐碎——那些关于邻里间细微摩擦、对天气变幻的冗长描写、主角清晨固定路线的散步——都不是为了填充篇幅,而是精心编织的情感底色。这使得后半段情感爆发时,那种压抑已久后的释放显得格外真实和震撼,仿佛作者是站在时间的另一端,俯瞰着人物在时间的洪流中缓慢沉浮。特别是关于“记忆的不可靠性”那几章,作者并没有采用直接的内心独白,而是通过不同人物对同一事件的碎片化回忆,构建出一个模糊不清、充满误解的现实迷宫。这种处理方式要求读者必须全神贯注,稍不留神就会错过那些关键的语义转折点,但一旦沉浸进去,那种被情节结构温柔而坚定地掌控的感觉,是其他流畅叙事作品难以比拟的。
评分坦白说,我并不是那种热衷于“高概念”文学的读者,我更偏爱那些情节推动有力的作品,但这本书在情感共鸣方面达到的深度,让我不得不对自己的偏见进行反思。它没有宏大的历史背景,没有惊天动地的阴谋,它的全部张力都凝聚在了“失去”这一永恒的主题上。作者对“缺失感”的描绘,不是通过大张旗鼓的悲伤来表现,而是通过对那些“本应存在但却不存在的事物”的细节填充来实现的。比如,一个永远空着的位置,一份永远不会寄出的信件,一段永远不会发生的对话。这些“留白”比任何具体的描述都更具穿透力,它们像抽水机一样,将读者的情感和想象力吸入其中,填补上属于自己的遗憾和失落。这种文学处理手法极其高明,它将个体的情感经验普遍化,使得任何经历过真正失去的人,都能在这些看似平淡的文字中找到自己的影子,感受到一种被深刻理解的孤独。
评分如果说阅读体验是一场味觉的探险,那么这本书无疑是一道极其考验牙口的陈年佳酿。它没有现代小说中那种直白的热闹与喧哗,反而弥漫着一种陈旧的、略带霉味的纸张气息和旧木头的味道。作者的语言风格是如此的古旧和考究,仿佛是从上个世纪的某个角落里打捞出来的手稿。我尤其欣赏他对“空间感”的刻画,那些对建筑细节、光线如何穿过百叶窗投射在斑驳墙面上的描摹,细致到令人发指,但绝不枯燥。它构建了一个极度私密且略显封闭的世界,让我感觉自己不是在“读”故事,而是被邀请进了某位隐士的起居室,被允许窥视他那些不为人知的角落。这种沉浸感是建立在对细节近乎偏执的追求上的,比如某件家具的年代、某张老照片的卷边程度,这些微小的元素汇聚起来,形成了一种强大的、令人无法抗拒的怀旧引力。读完后,我甚至会不由自主地四处打量我自己的房间,反思那些被我习惯性忽略的物件背后可能隐藏的故事。
评分从纯粹的文学技法角度来看,作者对于叙事视角的切换运用得炉火纯青,简直是大师级的范本。起初,故事似乎聚焦于一个核心人物,以第一人称的亲密视角展开,读起来非常顺畅且带有强烈的代入感。然而,在故事的关键转折点,视角会突然像一个精准的变焦镜头,猛地拉远,切换到完全局外人的、近乎冷漠的第三人称观察视角,甚至会引入一些此前从未露面过的次要人物的内心活动。这种操作的突然性极强,第一次出现时让我猛地从故事中抽离出来,感到一丝错愕,仿佛被人从温暖的壁炉旁推到了寒冷的室外。但很快,我领悟到这种不连贯的切换正是作者想要达到的效果——它不断提醒读者:你所感知的“现实”是多么的片面和主观。它打破了阅读的舒适区,却也因此揭示了事件更宏大、更不可控的背景脉络,极大地增强了作品的层次感和智力上的挑战性。
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