Reviews

That Hair by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida

remigves's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

excellent_taste's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

silviam_brambilla92's review against another edition

2.0

[ITA, PT abaixo]
Avrei voluto che mi piacesse, ma sono 150 pagine scritte in un ottimo portoghese che non arrivano a lasciare molto. Per il tema che tratta - la propria autobiografia di donna angolana e portoghese attraverso il suo rapporto coi capelli "crespi" - avevo alte aspettative. Rimane purtroppo solo un ottimo esercizio di stile, freddo e poco empatico. Leggerò comunque qualcos'altro dell'autrice.

Queria ter gostado deste livro. São 150 páginas escritas num excelente português, mas que infelizmente não chegam a deixar muito ao leitor. Pelo assunto tratado (a história autobiográfica duma mulher luso-angolana através o seu relacionamento com o seu cabelo) tinha muitas expectativas. Todavia, é só um excelente exercício de estilo, demasiado "frio" e pouco "empático". Com certeza, vou ler na mesma outros livros da autora.

cat_thecatlady's review against another edition

3.0

ensaios maioritariamente interessantes mas, infelizmente, houve alguma coisa que não me prendeu tanto como gostaria

gabycbarnes's review

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

shelfcarewithshan's review against another edition

3.0

Its fluidity, which it sounds from the translator as a hallmark of Portuguese, was for me hard to follow and hard to understand. A beautiful work, on an important topic! A mix between surrealism, poetry, and theatre for me, that shows itself in images and metaphors, non-linear timelines, and not as much plot

mkrowley's review against another edition

3.0

This was 3 stars based on the premise that I can tell it just wasn’t for me but really my own experience of reading it was pretty miserable. If the phrase “Memory is a demagogue” sparks joy for you, this might be the one for you. I read this as my entry for Angola as I work my way around the world. It was not at all what I expected, not least of all because it is yet again another book I find labeled a “novel” that really stretches the definition. It’s really a series of personal recollections or essays, on different themes, just grouped together one after the other, with no narrative. The translator points out in an opening essay that Portuguese by its nature uses many more digressions and circuitous asides than English, which he found a delight to translate. I guess. I found it basically impossible to follow a paragraph or even a sentence at a time, so much so that a third of the way into the book I still wasn’t sure which set of grandparents (and thus which parent) was Portuguese and which was from Angola? So all of that is to say it’s just not for me. I’m too constrained by my English language upbringing I suppose.

beth79's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

cgandrea's review

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

skaterghost's review

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0