Reviews

St. Bernardo by Sarah Wells, Padma Visvanatham, Graciliano Ramos

alexiacaus's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

verafran's review against another edition

5.0

Posted a longer review on my blog. You can check it here.

Here's an except:

I have an interesting story/relationship with this book. The first time I was supposed to read it, I was in 9th grade and I had to read it for the finals. It took me too long to get the book which left me with little time to read it. As a result, I read until the middle, then skipped to the last few pages. I got a grade good enough to pass the class, but that was it.

***

Here's how much I love this book: I've read it three times, once in high school, once for myself, and once for college. Not only that, but my college monograph was a comparative study between this book and another brazilian classic, [b:Dom Casmurro|82888|Dom Casmurro|Machado de Assis|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348286455s/82888.jpg|1889484]. That's how much I love this book.

(Oh, I've got an A on the monograph, by the way).

altumvidetur's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75