[ENG-ESP] ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’– Book Review: Deep End ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ’ง

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โ€œAs well as being Lukas Blomqvist, the god of freestyle, he's also some kind of demigod when it comes to preparing to study medicine. It makes me so angry.โ€


Hi dear Hive users โœจ๐Ÿ’•!


Hello Hello Community! โœจ, Are we here to discuss Ali Hazelwood's most controversial book? Well, yes, because I read everything this author writes, even her shopping list, and because it's always interesting to come across a book because of the gossip or controversy it has generated ๐Ÿคญ. However, I'll tell you right away that I didn't understand the controversy because the book isn't that strong. I can say that I've read more risquรฉ things ๐Ÿ˜‚. Still, something that was quite interesting throughout this read was noticing how Ali was trying new things, and I will always applaud when authors do this despite having already found their โ€˜magic formula.โ€™ But before I go into more detail, let's move on to the full review of Deep End ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ.

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๐ŸŠ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ SYNOPSIS ๐Ÿ’–

Scarlett Vandermeer was set to be the most outstanding trampoline jumper in her group, but a turn of events and a serious injury that almost cost her her entire career have led her to a more secondary role where she has had to face her own self-criticism, added to all the effort required to get a remarkable university degree in order to specialise in the area she wants. Scarlett has come to the conclusion that she cannot enter into a romantic relationship at the moment, so she shies away from any interaction of this kind, especially because when it comes to sexuality, there are tastes that seem to embarrass her a little.

Lukas Blomqvist gives the impression of being the best at everything he does. Not only is he the world champion and captain of the swimming team, but it seems that his studies are also going wonderfully. and although his long-term relationship has just ended, this does not seem to bother him too much, especially since it ended on good terms. So when the opportunity arises to have a purely sexual relationship with Scarlett, with whom he coincidentally shares the same unconventional tastes in this area, he does not hesitate for a second. Although it all starts as a casual arrangement, it soon turns into a romance that could last a lifetime ๐Ÿ’–.

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๐ŸŠ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ A SPORT ROMANCE AND UNEXPECTED CAMEO APPEARANCES ๐Ÿ’–

Let's start this review bearing in mind that I actually read this book in April. I know that many months have passed, but the reason I didn't write a review at the time was that I needed to let the book sink in. My opinion of this story at that time is not the same as the one I am going to give you today for various reasons, but the main one is that at that time the book had just been published and was surrounded by controversy, mainly because the story involves unconventional sexual practices, or to be more specific, BDSM. However, if you ask me, it is really a book that attempts to include such practices and falls somewhat short in the process.

So, from my point of view, I don't understand why all this controversy arose. I assume that perhaps Ali's readership wasn't ready to read something like this, or they were surprised that she wanted to experiment with this theme, or maybe the community was alarmed in vain, because I can tell you that it's not Ali Hazelwood's most explicit book; that title still belongs to Not In Love ๐Ÿ˜‚.

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And it is precisely the incorporation of these sexual practices that I would like to start with. The reality is that the story revolves around a sexual agreement between two people who share the same tastes in this area, exploring the dominant and submissive dynamic, obviously with mutual consent. To say that the book delves beyond what I have just described would be an exaggeration, because at no point does it stray from this line. In fact, one of the flaws in the story, which has become an objective criticism, is that when the relationship between the protagonists begins (which it does through this sexual agreement), a list is drawn up of what they want to experience and what they do not want to experience. to know what is and is not permitted between them. This list never appears in the book, meaning that the reader does not know what was written on it, so in the end, the question remains as to whether there was really any in-depth research behind this book, and to what extent it was explored in the story.

I remember that when I finished reading the book, the first thing I thought was, โ€˜People got alarmed over nothing.โ€™ But now, having let the book sink in and formed a more solid opinion, I've come to the conclusion that this was simply a book in which the author was trying to explore new themes and gauge the receptiveness of her readership, not only because of the incorporation of new sexual elements, but also because it was the first sports romance she had written.

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In addition to this, for the first time in one of her books, we have a female protagonist who attends psychological therapy, something essential for any athlete and even more so for those who have suffered some kind of sporting accident that has resulted in an injury and a whole course of medical treatment. So, with so many new elements that the author wanted to explore, the audience decided to go for the most scandalous one and stuck with it, bringing popularity to the book, there's no denying that, when the truth is that the author has much better stories that did not achieve the same level of popularity generated by controversy.

And I wanted to get to this point too, because although the story is entertaining, it is not the author's best. When I finished reading it, I remember my feeling was, โ€˜Ah! Okay, it's entertaining,โ€™ but it was not something transcendental in my life as other books by Ali Hazelwood have been. In fact, to this day, I find it difficult to remember the names of the protagonists, something that does not happen to me with her other books. so for me, that means the story is a little irrelevant, and personally, I think it's due to the excessive use of sexual content, which I didn't feel was in tune with the tone of the book. It's like I felt the story was a whole line of pink, and suddenly it had rough brushstrokes of black.

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Even so, I think the best thing about this book is its protagonists, and the way it is written drew me so deeply into the story that I didn't see who the antagonist was going to be until it was too obvious. For a moment, I forgot that Ali's books always have an antagonist, and I didn't remember until they were about to reveal it to me. This is definitely due to the excellent narrative that carried the book from beginning to end, as well as the complexity with which she wrote her characters, which made me more interested in them than in discovering who the villain was.

Within a story full of attempts to explore new things, we also find glimpses of Ali's โ€˜magic formula,โ€™ mainly in her protagonists, who do not stray from the mould she has already well defined. Something very important is that there is a very interesting cameo by two characters who are very dear to Ali Hazelwood's fan community, and I know that Lucas and Scarlett also have a cameo in one of the author's recently published books, so in this way we see the construction of Ali's entire universe of stories. Whether it's a sports romance, a science romance, or a summer romance, we can always find connections between all the books. ๐Ÿคญ

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โ€œAnd I... I've been trying to tell you how I feel about you for months. I know it's hard for you to accept, that these things are difficult for you, but now it's out there. You don't have to be afraid anymore. I love you. I'm in love with you. And you're in love with me. We can say it out loud.โ€


Do I recommend this book? Yes and no, mainly because before telling you to โ€˜read this book by Ali,โ€™ I could easily mention another one. Now, if you are looking for something very specific and that happens to coincide with this story, then I would say give it a chance, knowing in advance what you are going to find, because the story is entertaining ๐Ÿ’–. Besides, we have chapters that are psychological therapy, and here we support psychology in books ๐Ÿคญ.

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ESPAร‘OL


โ€œAdemรกs de ser Lukas Blomqvist, el dios del estilo libre, tambiรฉn es una especie de semidiรณs a la hora de prepararse para estudiar Medicina. Quรฉ rabia me da.โ€


ยกHola queridos usuarios de Hive โœจ๐Ÿ’•!


ยกHola Hola Comunidad! โœจ, ยฟEstamos aquรญ para hablar del libro mรกs polรฉmico de Ali Hazelwood? Pues sรญ, porque yo leo hasta la lista de compras de รฉsta autora y porque siempre es interesante llegar a un libro por el chisme o la polรฉmica que este ha generado ๐Ÿคญ, no obstante de una vez les adelanto que no entendรญ la controversia porque tampoco es que el libro sea tan fuerte, puedo decir que he leรญdo cosa mรกs subidas de tono ๐Ÿ˜‚, aรบn asรญ algo que fue bastante interesante en toda รฉsta lectura fue notar como Ali estaba intentando cosa nuevas, y siempre voy aplaudir cuando la autora hacen รฉsto a pesar de ya haber encontrado su โ€œfรณrmula mรกgicaโ€, pero antes de seguir aรฑadiendo detalles mejor vamos a la reseรฑa completa de Caรญda Libre ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ.

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๐ŸŠ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ SINOPSIS ๐Ÿ’–

Scarlett Vandermeer apuntaba a ser la saltadora en trampolรญn mรกs destacada de su grupo, sin embargo un giro de los acontecimientos y una grave lesiรณn que casi le cuesta toda su carrera, la han llevado a un papel mรกs secundario en donde ha tenido que enfrentar a su propia autocrรญtica, sumado a todo el esfuerzo que requiere sacar una carrera universitaria destacable para poder especializarse en el รกrea que desea, Scarlett ha llegado a la conclusiรณn que de momento no puede adentrarse en una relaciรณn romรกntica, por lo que rehuye de cualquier interacciรณn de รฉste tipo, sobre todo porque en cuanto a la sexualidad, hay gustos que parecen avergonzarla un poco.

Lukas Blomqvist da la impresiรณn de ser el mejor en todo lo que hace, no solo es el campeรณn mundial y capitรกn del equipo de nataciรณn, sino que parece que sus estudios tambiรฉn van de maravilla, y aunque su relaciรณn de varios aรฑos acaba de terminar รฉsto parece no mortificarlo demasiado, sobre todo porque ha terminado en buenos tรฉrminos, por lo que cuando aparece la oportunidad de mantener una relaciรณn meramente sexual con Scarlett, con quien casualmente comparte los mismos gustos no convencionales en รฉsta รกrea, รฉl no lo duda ni por un segundo. Aunque todo empieza como un trato casual, pronto se convierte en un romance que puede llegar a ser para toda la vida ๐Ÿ’–.

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๐ŸŠ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ UN SPORT ROMANCE Y CAMEOS INESPERADOS ๐Ÿ’–

Vamos a partir รฉsta reseรฑa teniendo en cuenta que este libro realmente lo leรญ en Abril, ya sรฉ que han pasado muchos meses pero la razรณn de no hacer una reseรฑa en ese momento es que necesitaba dejar descansar esa lectura, la opiniรณn que tuve de รฉsta historia en ese momento no se parece a la que voy a darles hoy por diversas razones, pero la principal es que en ese momento el libro reciรฉn acababa de publicarse y estaba envuelto en una gran polรฉmica, la razรณn principal de ella es que en รฉsta historia tenemos prรกcticas sexuales no convencionales o para ser mรกs especรญfica BDSM, pero si me preguntas a mรญ realmente es un libro que intenta incluir dichas prรกcticas y que en el proceso se queda algo corto.

Por lo que, desde mi punto de vista no entiendo porquรฉ se generรณ toda รฉsta controversia, asumo que quizรกs la comunidad lectora de Ali no estaba preparada para leer algo de รฉste estilo, o les sorprendiรณ que ella quisiera experimentar con รฉste tema, o tal vez la comunidad se alarmรณ en vano, porque ya les digo yo que no es el libro mรกs explรญcito de Ali Hazelwood, ese puesto lo sigue teniendo No es Amor ๐Ÿ˜‚.

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Y justamente por el tema de la incorporaciรณn de dichas prรกcticas sexuales es por donde me gustarรญa empezar, la realidad es que la historia gira en torno a un acuerdo sexual entre dos personas que comparten los mismos gustos en รฉsta รกrea, donde se explora la dinรกmica dominante y sumiso, obviamente todo consensuado. Decir que el libro indaga mรกs allรก de รฉsto que acabo de describir, es exagerar porque en ningรบn momento se sale de รฉsta lรญnea, de hecho uno de los fallos de la historia y que se ha convertido en una crรญtica objetiva, es que cuando la relaciรณn entre los protagonistas comienza (que lo hace a travรฉs de รฉste acuerdo sexual) se nombra una lista de lo que quieren experimentar y de lo que no quieren experimentar, para conocer quรฉ estรก permitido y que no entre ambos, dicha lista nunca aparece en el libro, o sea el lector no conoce quรฉ se escribiรณ en ella, por lo que al final queda la duda de si realmente hubo una investigaciรณn profunda detrรกs de รฉste libro, y hasta quรฉ punto se explorรณ en la historia.

Recuerdo que cuando terminรฉ de leer el libro lo primero que pensรฉ fue โ€œla gente se alarmรณ por nadaโ€, pero hoy dรญa ya dejando que la lectura descansara y construyendo ahora sรญ una opiniรณn mรกs solida, la conclusiรณn a la que llego es que simplemente este era un libro donde la autora estaba intentando explorar temas nuevos y midiendo la receptividad de su comunidad lectora, y no solo por la incorporaciรณn de nuevos elementos sexuales, sino tambiรฉn porque es el primer romance deportivo que ella escribรญa.

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Ademรกs de รฉsto tenemos por primera vez en uno de sus libros, una protagonista femenina que asiste a terapia psicolรณgica, algo fundamental para cualquier deportista y mรกs para aquellos que sufrieron algรบn tipo de accidente deportivo que derivรณ en una lesiรณn y todo un tratamiento mรฉdico. Asรญ que existiendo tantos elementos nuevos que la autora quiso explorar, la audiencia decidiรณ irse por el mรกs escandaloso y con ese se quedaron, trayendo popularidad para el libro, eso no hay que negarlo, cuando la verdad es que la autora tiene historias muchรญsimo mejores que no alcanzaron tal nivel de popularidad generada por una controversia.

Y a รฉste punto tambiรฉn querรญa llegar, porque si bien la historia es entretenida no es la mejor de la autora, cuando acabe la lectura recuerdo que mi sensaciรณn fue de โ€œยกAh! Okey, estรก entretenidaโ€ pero no fue algo trascendental en mi vida como lo han sido otros libros de Ali Hazelwood, de hecho al dรญa de hoy me cuesta recordar el nombre de los protagonistas, algo que no me pasa con sus otros libros, por lo que eso es sinรณnimo para mรญ de que la historia es un poquito irrelevante, y personalmente creo que se debe al uso excesivo de contenido sexual, el cual yo no sentรญa que estuviese en sintonรญa con la tรณnica del libro, es como que sentรญa que la historia era una lรญnea entera de color rosado, y de repente tenรญa brochazos toscos de negro.

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Aรบn asรญ creo que el mejor acierto de รฉste libro son sus protagonistas, y que la forma en que estรก escrito hizo que yo me adentrara tanto en la historia que no vรญ quien iba a ser el personaje antagonista hasta que ya fue demasiado obvio, por un momento olvidรฉ que los libros de Ali siempre tienen un antagonista, y no lo recordรฉ sino hasta que ya estaban casi por revelarmelo, y definitivamente eso se debe a la buena narrativa que llevรณ el libro de principio a fin, ademรกs de la complejidad con la que escribiรณ a sus personajes que hicieron que me interesara mรกs en ellos que en descubrir quiรฉn era el villano o la villana.

Dentro de toda una historia llena de intentos de explorar cosas nuevas, tambiรฉn encontramos destellos de la โ€œfรณrmula mรกgicaโ€ de Ali, principalmente en sus protagonistas que no se salen del molde que ella ya tiene bien definido. Algo muy importante es que hay un cameo bien interesante de dos personajes muy queridos para la comunidad lectora fan de Ali Hazelwood y sรฉ que Lucas y Scarlett tienen tambiรฉn un cameo en uno de los libros recientemente publicados por la autora, asรญ que de รฉsta forma vemos la construcciรณn de todo el universo de historias de Ali, no importa si es un romance deportivo, romance cientรญfico o un romance de verano siempre podemos encontrar conexiones entre todos los libros ๐Ÿคญ.

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โ€œY yoโ€ฆ llevo meses intentando decirte lo que siento por ti. Sรฉ que te cuesta aceptarlo, que estas cosas te resultan difรญciles, pero ya estรก dicho. Ya no tiene que darte miedo. Te quiero. Estoy enamorado de ti. Y tรบ estรกs enamorada de mรญ. Podemos decirlo en voz alta.โ€


ยฟRecomiendo รฉste libro? Sรญ y no, principalmente porque antes de decirles โ€œlean รฉste libro de Aliโ€ fรกcilmente les podrรญa mencionar otro, ahora si buscan algo muy especรญfico y eso justo coincide con รฉsta historia, entonces les dirรญa que le den una oportunidad, sabiendo de ante mano con lo que se van a encontrar, porque entretenida sรญ estรก la historia ๐Ÿ’–, aparte tenemos capitulos que son de terapia psicolรณgica, y aquรญ apoyamos a la psicologรญa en los libros ๐Ÿคญ.


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