Lou Bertignac a 13 ans, un QI de 160 et des questions plein la tête. Enfant précoce et fantaisiste, elle rencontre un jour, à la gare d'Austerli...
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Jun 28, 2011
Nomes
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Ahhhh, this book is just CHARMING.
I had no idea what to expect or if No and Me would be my kind of read ~ I really didn't expect to LOVE it as much as I did. It's a really different read to most contemp YA's I've read lately ~ which could be because this is imported and translated from French.
I think this is the kind of book that some people will ABSOLUTELY ADORE and soak up and fall in love with. It may also leave other people scratching their heads and 'just not gettin More...
I had no idea what to expect or if No and Me would be my kind of read ~ I really didn't expect to LOVE it as much as I did. It's a really different read to most contemp YA's I've read lately ~ which could be because this is imported and translated from French.
I think this is the kind of book that some people will ABSOLUTELY ADORE and soak up and fall in love with. It may also leave other people scratching their heads and 'just not gettin More...
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Jul 09, 2011
Luana
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La copertina, è una bella copertina.
Il titolo, è un bel titolo.
Aver trovato in un libro che acquistai il segnalibro che pubblicizza 'Gli effetti secondari dei sogni' mi ha convinta a comprarlo, quasi si trattasse di un segno del destino.
Leggendo la quarta di copertina si scopre che l'autrice, Delphine De Vigan, ha vinto - grazie a questo romanzo - 'il prestigioso Prix des Libraires al Salon du Livre 2008.
A questo punto sorge spontanea la domanda: chi è che la De Vigan More...
Il titolo, è un bel titolo.
Aver trovato in un libro che acquistai il segnalibro che pubblicizza 'Gli effetti secondari dei sogni' mi ha convinta a comprarlo, quasi si trattasse di un segno del destino.
Leggendo la quarta di copertina si scopre che l'autrice, Delphine De Vigan, ha vinto - grazie a questo romanzo - 'il prestigioso Prix des Libraires al Salon du Livre 2008.
A questo punto sorge spontanea la domanda: chi è che la De Vigan More...
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Jun 12, 2011
DubaiReader
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Poignant and precise.
This book was beautifully written, concise and to the point. Although aimed at a Young Adult audience, I felt it could easily cross over into adult reading - even to the extent that many of our more verbose authors might learn to get to the heart of things in far fewer pages.
You would never suspect that this is a translation and the references to areas of Paris often took me by surprise.
Lou Bertingac is only 13, in a class of 15 year olds. She has an More...
This book was beautifully written, concise and to the point. Although aimed at a Young Adult audience, I felt it could easily cross over into adult reading - even to the extent that many of our more verbose authors might learn to get to the heart of things in far fewer pages.
You would never suspect that this is a translation and the references to areas of Paris often took me by surprise.
Lou Bertingac is only 13, in a class of 15 year olds. She has an More...
Jul 09, 2011
Tancredi
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"Il professor Marin annota sul foglio rosa il mio nome, l'argomento della relazione orale, la segno per il 10 dicembre, così ha tempo per svolgere ulteriori ricerche, ricordi le indicazioni generali, non più di un'ora, quadro socio-economico, esempi, la sua voce si perde, il pugno di Lucas si è allentato, ho ali trasparenti, volo sopra i banchi, chiudo gli ochi, sono un granello di polvere, una particella invisibile, leggera come un sospiro."
Gli effetti secondari dei sogni è More...
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Feb 23, 2011
Tasha
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On the surface No and Me seems like a run of the mill Young Adult novel of a teenage girl dealing with both a family tragedy and growing up. Dig a little deeper though and this book is so much more than that, largely because of two factors. The first being the simple yet emotion filled writing style. The story is told not just from a first person point of view but it really did read as if an intelligent teen was retelling it - including those unique rambley off-topic moments, which all just adde
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May 04, 2011
Natalia Pì
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Un beau roman, écrit avec une grande sensibilité. L'histoire d'une fillette précoce et beaucoup trop aiguë et observatrice pour son age, et de son rencontre avec No, adolescente SDF, de laquelle elle décide de s'occuper.
J'ai été surprise par ce livre, surtout par les reflexions de la jeune fille - qui quelquefois me semblent décidément trop profondes pour une jeune fille de treize ans. J'ai beaucoup souligné et transcrit un tas de petites citations de ce roman de formation qui m'a fait réfl More...
J'ai été surprise par ce livre, surtout par les reflexions de la jeune fille - qui quelquefois me semblent décidément trop profondes pour une jeune fille de treize ans. J'ai beaucoup souligné et transcrit un tas de petites citations de ce roman de formation qui m'a fait réfl More...
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Jan 29, 2012
Paula
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Another two star rating for a French book club selection. Midway through I would have given it three stars, but then I began to tire of this story about Lou Bertignac, a 15-year-old, emotionally-starved girl with a genius IQ and her obsession with No, a homeless 18 year old girl she "interviews" for a school assignment and then "adopts." So we have Lou, No and Lucas, the 17-year-old boy from school whom Lou has a crush on, and their respective dysfunctional family situations
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Oct 25, 2011
"Lou no es una niña corriente por muchos motivos. Por un lado, es superdotada y, a pesar de sus trece años, va dos cursos por delante en el colegio; y por el otro, no le gusta relacionarse con la gente. No tiene amigos ni tampoco le preocupa demasiado. Sin embargo, su vida cambia cuando, para un trabajo del colegio, comienza a investigar sobre el problema de los indigentes juveniles que atestan las calles de su ciudad, París. Así es como, de la noche a la mañana, esta niña se adentra en
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Dec 04, 2011
Stephanie
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I wanted to read No and Me after hearing an excerpt on Radio 4 last year. I finished it in a couple of days. It's short, sweet, and simple on the surface. But it's a little deeper when you think about the actual content of the novel. It reminds me a lot of the film Times Square. It also reminds me a little of Beloved, but that might only be an easy comparison because it's the last book I've read.
I spent much of my adolescence in the company of 'streeties.' I wonder now what they must h More...
I spent much of my adolescence in the company of 'streeties.' I wonder now what they must h More...
Nov 19, 2011
Shawna
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Lou, a 13 year old girl who has skipped two grades because of her high IQ befriends No, a girl who dropped out of school and lives on the streets. It started when Lou had to do a presentation for Mr. Marin's class and she decides to do her's on homelessness and that's when she meets No. Lou and No meet up at a cafe so that Lou can interview No. Lou receives an excellent mark, but she can't help but try to help No. So she asked her parents if they would allow No to stay in their apartment for a w
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Oct 08, 2011
LitAddictedBrit
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I've seen a lot about this book on all kinds of blogs since it was published and I saw comments on plot, characters, style, cultural references...the list goes on. But nowhere did I see anything about how the novel deals with its key subject matter: homelessness. I'll admit that part of the reason I loved this book so much was that it tackles the issue with sensitivity and understanding and I respect de Vigan so much for this.
I've struggled for some time since I finished this book on F More...
I've struggled for some time since I finished this book on F More...
Sep 01, 2011
Sheila
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The last French novel I read (in translation) was Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog, which centered on a precocious girl genius who befriends a concierge… Today I finished Delphine De Vigan’s No and Me, another French novel, again about a precocious girl genius who befriends… in this case a homeless girl called No. I’m not sure if the prevalence of girl geniuses tells you anything about my readings tastes or French literature. But if you’re only going to read one French novel in tran
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Feb 26, 2011
Kermit's BFF
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If I could describe this book in one word...
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Lou Bertignac is a 13 year old sophmore who doesn't really have any friends. She lives in France. One day she meets No, a homeless girl, and asks to interview her for her school project. Eventually she asks her parents to let No move in with them.
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Lou Bertignac is a 13 year old sophmore who doesn't really have any friends. She lives in France. One day she meets No, a homeless girl, and asks to interview her for her school project. Eventually she asks her parents to let No move in with them.
Allow me to repeat myself:
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Jan 28, 2011
Linda
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Going out on a limb early in 2011, I believe this will be one of my top reads this year.
No and Me is poetically, stunningly, profoundly beautiful and incredibly structured. Originally written in French, it was translated into English.
Introverted, obsessive compulsive, precocious 13 year old Lou Bertignac possess an IQ of 160. Her mind races way ahead as she solves complex problems and tests, tracking variables and patterns until it seems her head will explode.
Ahead of h More...
No and Me is poetically, stunningly, profoundly beautiful and incredibly structured. Originally written in French, it was translated into English.
Introverted, obsessive compulsive, precocious 13 year old Lou Bertignac possess an IQ of 160. Her mind races way ahead as she solves complex problems and tests, tracking variables and patterns until it seems her head will explode.
Ahead of h More...
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Oct 20, 2010
Lisa
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Set in Paris this quirky tale of a precocious 13-year-old genius Lou, who befriends a homeless girl, will capture your emotions. Whilst her family are experiencing emotional freefall following the death of their baby, Lou befriends No, a homeless girl, who is a few years older than her. She initially attempts to befriend No as part of a school project, then, naively attempts to change her life for the better. Lou manages to persuade her parents to take No in and No, with some difficulty, manages
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Aug 12, 2011
Stephanie
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This book was incredible. Informative and touching, this book captured my attention easily. The characters were interesting, more complex than you immediately think, and the book was well written. I got completely absorbed into the typical French atmosphere and culture, whilst discovering more about the less desirable aspects of the city that people don't usually talk about. I felt the book was very realistic and has the potential to teach a lot of things about life, not just the homeless.
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May 23, 2010
Jessica
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Lou Bertignac comes up with a project on homelessness simply to appease her teacher. She doesn't want to do a presentation. In fact she hates being in front of a group. Who was she to know that this decision would affect the entire rest of her life?
Lou meets No at a train station and they begin a very tentative relationship with one another. No is 18 years old, five years older than Lou, and is a part of the homeless community. As their relationship progresses into more of a friendsh More...
Lou meets No at a train station and they begin a very tentative relationship with one another. No is 18 years old, five years older than Lou, and is a part of the homeless community. As their relationship progresses into more of a friendsh More...
Jan 06, 2011
Cathy
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I didn't want this book to end. Lou Bettignac is a brilliant girl who has skipped two grades and has no friends in her class. She also has problems; she can't stop thinking. She collects labels from cloths and compares brands of toilet paper to see which are longest. She likes to hang out at train stations in Paris where she lives, on Tuesdays and Fridays and watch the emotions of people saying goodbye or greeting loved ones. Her mother has been withdrawn since Lou's baby sister died severa
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Jul 08, 2010
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I haven't read a story like No and Me in a while so when I settled into it I didn't want to turn away, the shocking thing was I wasn't expecting to like No and Me as much as I do. It is a touching and an emotional Novel that embraces you into the story line and characters with wide arms allowing you to absorb every detail along the way. The simple wording flows with ease making this an easy and comfortable read.
Lou is a very alluring More...
I haven't read a story like No and Me in a while so when I settled into it I didn't want to turn away, the shocking thing was I wasn't expecting to like No and Me as much as I do. It is a touching and an emotional Novel that embraces you into the story line and characters with wide arms allowing you to absorb every detail along the way. The simple wording flows with ease making this an easy and comfortable read.
Lou is a very alluring More...
Sep 09, 2010
Teresa
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Lou Bertignac, 13 with an IQ of 160, doesn't quite fit in with her peers. She's been transferred to a class of 15 year olds but has most in common with Lucas,17, who has repeated two years. Her family has never recovered from a past tragedy which has left each family member bereft and leading an aimless existence. Then Lou meets No, an 18 year old homeless girl - on the surface they appear to be polar opposites but somehow they click.
"When I was with No, you could have drawn More...
"When I was with No, you could have drawn More...
Sep 08, 2011
Jennifer (JC-S)
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‘There’s this invisible city within the city.’
Lou Bertignac is a very clever teenager. Lou has an IQ of 160, and is two years ahead of her age group at school in Paris. It’s not easy being thirteen anyway, but when your peer group is two years older and things are not great at home, life is even more challenging. Lou’s parents are distracted: her mother has been severely depressed since the death of Lou’s baby sister Chloe, and her father is preoccupied and worried. Lou’s best fr More...
Lou Bertignac is a very clever teenager. Lou has an IQ of 160, and is two years ahead of her age group at school in Paris. It’s not easy being thirteen anyway, but when your peer group is two years older and things are not great at home, life is even more challenging. Lou’s parents are distracted: her mother has been severely depressed since the death of Lou’s baby sister Chloe, and her father is preoccupied and worried. Lou’s best fr More...
Oct 10, 2010
Bailey
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Feb 15, 2012
Joana
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"Die Dinge sind, wie sie sind. Wenn wir irgendwann nur noch diese Antwort parat haben - sind wir dann erwachsen?"
Lou ist hochbegabt und wächst in einer schwierigen Umgebung auf. Die Mutter ist schwer depressiv, der Vater etwas hilflos. Am liebsten beobachtet Lou Menschen, zählt Dinge, stellt ihre eigenen Theorien auf, hält sich abseits. Mit ihren 13 Jahren hat sie schon zwei Klassen übersprungen und hat in ihrer Klasse nur einen wirklichen Freund - Lucas.
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Lou ist hochbegabt und wächst in einer schwierigen Umgebung auf. Die Mutter ist schwer depressiv, der Vater etwas hilflos. Am liebsten beobachtet Lou Menschen, zählt Dinge, stellt ihre eigenen Theorien auf, hält sich abseits. Mit ihren 13 Jahren hat sie schon zwei Klassen übersprungen und hat in ihrer Klasse nur einen wirklichen Freund - Lucas.
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Aug 25, 2011
ManAC1
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"No and Me" is a story about Lou,a super intelligent girl with an IQ of 160. She is very quiet, unpopular and scared of "socializing" .She sees things in a different ways than others.
Her mother became distant and blank ever since her younger sister died 4 years ago. Since then, the happiness left her family forever.
She has a weird hobby of watching people's expressions at the train station. There, she met No, a teenager who is homeless and hopelessly wandering on More...
Her mother became distant and blank ever since her younger sister died 4 years ago. Since then, the happiness left her family forever.
She has a weird hobby of watching people's expressions at the train station. There, she met No, a teenager who is homeless and hopelessly wandering on More...
Oct 12, 2010
Angela
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A beautifully written novel, though it gets off to a kind of slow start. The jacket summary claims Lou befriends No because of a school project, so I was expecting more time to be spent on said project, with Lou and No slowly getting to know each other. That isn't quite how it works, and so even though this is a short novel, it took a little while for the story to get going.
Lou is a charming narrator, quite precocious and yet painfully naive at times when it comes to No and her behav More...
Lou is a charming narrator, quite precocious and yet painfully naive at times when it comes to No and her behav More...
Sep 11, 2011
Nicola
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This is one of those books that makes me wish Goodreads had half stars. I don't think No and Me is really a five star book but four stars seems too little. I really enjoyed this one and it had me hooked from the very beginning. The narrator is unusual and believable. She's a thirteen year old who believes she can change the world. No was an interesting character- frustrating but highly intriguing. I thought Lou's parents were very well developed and their behavior felt right and I was able to co
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Feb 12, 2012
Q_Donna
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No and Me is an innocent story told through the voice of an innocent child named Lou. Lou has a different way of looking at life. She really tries to fix things and she likes things in perfect order. In this book she finds out that the landscape of life does not always grow into beautiful flowers and green grass. Lou (13 years old), is a brilliant girl with an IQ of 160. Things come easy to her. But she does not like to be in the spotlight. Especially in school. Although she knows all th
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Apr 10, 2011
Steffie
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Meine Meinung:
Lou ist dreizehn Jahre alt, hat zwei Klassen übersprungen und ist hochbegabt. Sie analysiert den ganzen Tag, egal ob Worte, das Verhalten der Menschen oder eine Zahlenreihenfolge. In der Schule ist sie die Jüngste, hat keine Freunde und lebt in ihrer Welt, bis zu dem Tag, an dem man von ihr erwartet ein Referat zu halten. Für Lou ist dies wie eine Strafe, doch sie muss sich dieser Aufgabe stellen. Ihr Thema: Obdachlose Frauen in Paris. Darauf kommt sie durch ihre Begegnung mi More...
Lou ist dreizehn Jahre alt, hat zwei Klassen übersprungen und ist hochbegabt. Sie analysiert den ganzen Tag, egal ob Worte, das Verhalten der Menschen oder eine Zahlenreihenfolge. In der Schule ist sie die Jüngste, hat keine Freunde und lebt in ihrer Welt, bis zu dem Tag, an dem man von ihr erwartet ein Referat zu halten. Für Lou ist dies wie eine Strafe, doch sie muss sich dieser Aufgabe stellen. Ihr Thema: Obdachlose Frauen in Paris. Darauf kommt sie durch ihre Begegnung mi More...
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Sep 15, 2010
Lotte
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My friend bought this book and she asked me to read it first, because she had so many other books to read and thought this would be a book that I’d like. Well, she was right! What an amazing story! It’s not so much the action in the novel (there isn’t much action to begin with), but more the way Lou describes her life, her inner thoughts and the way she sees the world around her. It had some very recognizable things in there, especially the way Lou’s mind works. Not that I claim to have such a
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Mar 20, 2011
Laurie
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This was fabulous teen fiction, but I think limiting this book to this genre is unfortunate as I think it's a great book for adults, too.
p.18 I'm not too keen on talking. I always have the feeling that the words are getting away from me, escaping and scattering. It's nothing to do with vocabulary or meanings, because I know quite a lot of words, but when I come out with them they get confused and scattered.
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p.18 I'm not too keen on talking. I always have the feeling that the words are getting away from me, escaping and scattering. It's nothing to do with vocabulary or meanings, because I know quite a lot of words, but when I come out with them they get confused and scattered.
p. 20 ...because she knows that "you know" stands for all t More...
