Di Lisa Jane Smith ho parlato piuttosto spesso in questo blog, più che altro in quanto autore della serie Il diario del Vampiro, da cui è stato tratto il successo tv The Vampire Diaries.
Proprio quest’anno (ve ne ho già parlato qui e qui) la CW ha deciso di riportare alla ribalta un’altra serie best-seller della stessa autrice, in vendita negli scaffali per la prima volta negli States nell’ormai lontano 1992. Si tratta di The Secret Circle, tradotto in italiano (con grande fantasia!) come I diari delle streghe.
La trama è piuttosto lineare: Cassie e sua madre si devono trasferire dalla California a New Salem, per prendersi cura della nonna malata. Il trapasso tra una scuola e l’altra è notevole, soprattutto per la presenza di un’élite di studenti che sembrano avere in mano l’intera scuola. Tra questi due si interessano subito a Cassie: l’eterea Diana, sempre pronta a dare una mano, e la sadica Faye, che trova ogni buon motivo per farle del male. Non ci vuole molto perchè Cassie scopra che il gruppetto di ragazzi è formato da streghe, e che per qualche strano caso anche lei ne debbe far parte..
Se si è guardata qualche puntata del telefilm finora tutto sembra essere piuttosto in linea. Neanche a farlo apposta invece come per The Vampire Diaries si tratta solo di un’adeguamento alle linee generali, dalle quali dopo qualche scena (o pagina) ci si distacca.
I personaggi in questo caso sono diversi. Solo Cassie, Diana, Faye, Adam e Nick si salvano infatti dal taglio televisivo, che a mio avviso elimina anche qualche personaggio molto interessante, come Deborah.
Passando comunque alla serie nella sua versione “cartacea” originale, si compone di 3 libri, 4 nella versione italiana stampata per la prima volta nel 2009:
- L’iniziazione (The Initiation)
- La prigioniera (The Captive, prima parte)
- La fuga (The Captive, seconda parte)
- Il potere (The Power)
Non si tratta certamente di capolavori della letteratura, perchè lo stile della Smith non è di certo diverso da quello degli altri suoi romanzi: descrizioni approssimative, situazioni e dialoghi surreali, passaggi mancanti ed altri troppo prolissi. Sostanzialmente tutti le problematiche de Il diario del Vampiro ci sono anche qui, seppur in minor entità.
La storia è però accattivante e spinge a proseguire nella lettura dei volumi, tanto più che letto il primo si può giungere ad un finale solo con l’ultimo. Le storie non sono infatti a sè stanti come in tante altre serie (vedi Harry Potter), ma si presentano come singoli capitoli di un’unica trama, e quindi inscindibili.
Consigliato per: amanti del fantasy o delle storie adolescenziali e a chi ha apprezzato in tv The Secret Circle, Streghe o The Vampire Diaries.
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Ho guardato volentieri Streghe, negli anni che furono (e mi sono pure comprata tutte le serie in DVD), ma sulla lettura sono un po’ meno tollerante :-) quindi grazie mille per la recensione, sicuramente questo lo salterò!!!!