Reviews

Waiting for Robert Capa by Adriana V. López, Susana Fortes

bookbergur's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous emotional medium-paced

piahz's review against another edition

Go to review page

4.0

4.5
Die Schreibweise dieses Buches ist wirklich einzigartig.
Während wir den beiden Hauptfiguren dabei zusehen wie sie die Fotografie meistern, sich in Kriege stürzen und sich mit allen Tücken des Lebens herumschlagen, liest es sich wie ein Bildband in Textform.
So viele Eindrücke und Gefühle, man kann die Handlungsorte förmlich riechen. Ich hatte noch nie das Gefühl, Fotografie so gut zu verstehen und wertzuschätzen wie während dieser Lektüre.
Das Buch verdient, über mehrere Tage hinweg gelesen zu werden, um es richtig aufzunehmen.

alessiasbooks's review against another edition

Go to review page

3.0

3,5 ⭐️ l’idea è molto bella ma mi aspettavo un po’ di più

midnightreads1803's review

Go to review page

emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

seabiva's review against another edition

Go to review page

3.0

fotografia o życiu, miłości i wojnie

jenmulholland's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

ortegamarina's review against another edition

Go to review page

4.0

Es un libro tierno, y sobrecogedor. Es difícil ver la realidad de una guerra sin tener en cuenta vivencias cercanas de familiares que estuvieron ahí. Y es más, me es difícil no pensar en mis abuelos al leer la historia de Gerda sin emocionarme. Qué mujer, qué maravilla de historia oculta que tenemos de auténticas valientes.

kmarion's review

Go to review page

5.0

This book is maybe not a 5-star book objectively - it is not perfect of course - but it gave me so much joy and feeling, I love Gerda and Capa so much, and it gave so much atmosphere and familiar nostalgia of '30s Paris and Spain, and did it so well, so sensitively that I cannot give it anything else than 5 stars. I just love this era, the history, and revolutionary times and escalation, and I love to get to know more and more about it. And I have to say it has a very strange narrative structure of journals, nonfiction bits, and hardcore romance bits with the hardcore war around, that it could even be terrible, but actually I loved it. I was afraid that it will be too cheesy or over-romanticized, but it was not. I loved it, lived with it, and cried. A lot :)
I have to know so much more about this woman! I already love Robert Capa (it does no harm that he is Hungarian), but I was always interested in this small, brave woman as well. Now I am even more interested, I will research a lot more about her.

montagves's review against another edition

Go to review page

4.0

Un libro verdaderamente maravilloso. Lo he disfrutado de principio a fin, y la caracterización de Taro y Capa me ha parecido maravillosa, desde los primeros capítulos en el París de principios de los 30 a la cruda Guerra Civil. Los últimos capítulos me han partido el corazón, y me han hecho adorar más (si cabe) a estos fotógrafos que llevan llamándome la atención tanto tiempo. En general, una lectura no muy densa, que engancha y, sobre todo, que representa maravillosamente a dos de los más brillantes fotógrafos del siglo XX.

lepremieraccroc's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous emotional fast-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

1.75