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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Excrement
Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
funny
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Maybe it was just me but I found this book really boring. I only picked it up and finished it for a reading challenge.
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism
Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Gore, Suicide
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
"My hands are mine and mine alone and I’ll do whatever I want with them, and I want to use them to sew dresses and to point my finger in your face and tell you that my hands are mine alone and I’ll do whatever I damn well please with them."
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From THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURIDICE GUSMAO by Martha Batalha, translated from the Portuguese (Brazil) by Eric M. B. Becker / 2016 in Brazil, 2017 in English by @oneworldpublications
Intimate and domestic life of 1940s/1950s middle-class women in Rio de Janeiro - a story of families, of missed opportunities, and of finding fulfillment. Each character we meet gets a detailed back story, a context for why they do/act the way they do. These short histories were artfully arranged and interspersed into the main storyline.
Much more wry and subversive than you would expect from the whimsical cover. Euridice Gusmao is a delightful character. Really liked this debut. Here's hoping Batalha writes more, and that her works trickle into English as well.
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From THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURIDICE GUSMAO by Martha Batalha, translated from the Portuguese (Brazil) by Eric M. B. Becker / 2016 in Brazil, 2017 in English by @oneworldpublications
Intimate and domestic life of 1940s/1950s middle-class women in Rio de Janeiro - a story of families, of missed opportunities, and of finding fulfillment. Each character we meet gets a detailed back story, a context for why they do/act the way they do. These short histories were artfully arranged and interspersed into the main storyline.
Much more wry and subversive than you would expect from the whimsical cover. Euridice Gusmao is a delightful character. Really liked this debut. Here's hoping Batalha writes more, and that her works trickle into English as well.
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emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Set in Rio de Janeiro during the 1940s, this book is the fascinating story of Euridice who gives up on her dreams and aspirations to become a model daughter having witnessed her parent’s agony and heartbreak after her beloved older sister, Guida elopes.
Euridice settles for a marriage with a tradition-loving husband to satisfy her parents and accepts her role as a housewife even though she is restless and desires to become independent, something that her husband vehemently disapproves of.
As a passionate cook, she embarks on a journey of creating her own gourmet recipes but is soon disheartened by her dull husband’s stifling remarks.
She discovers her talent as a seamstress and decides to pursue it as a profession until her husband finds out and his fragile ego is unable to bear the possible thought that people may assume, that he is unable to provide for his family.
Despite the title, the story is not restricted to Euridice alone but also involves a host of other characters and their backstories. Though I did enjoy reading about the other characters I found myself wanting to know more about Euridice as she continually fought off her ambitions to appease her repressive husband.
An endearing and intimate portrait of middle-class families centered around the women whose sacrifices were and still are never acknowledged enough.
The only negatives I got from this book were -that the end was slightly disappointing and a line in the story that is insulting and demeaning to the Natives and frankly, shouldn’t have been there in the book.
The story itself was charming and I would definitely want to read more from the author.
Euridice settles for a marriage with a tradition-loving husband to satisfy her parents and accepts her role as a housewife even though she is restless and desires to become independent, something that her husband vehemently disapproves of.
As a passionate cook, she embarks on a journey of creating her own gourmet recipes but is soon disheartened by her dull husband’s stifling remarks.
She discovers her talent as a seamstress and decides to pursue it as a profession until her husband finds out and his fragile ego is unable to bear the possible thought that people may assume, that he is unable to provide for his family.
Despite the title, the story is not restricted to Euridice alone but also involves a host of other characters and their backstories. Though I did enjoy reading about the other characters I found myself wanting to know more about Euridice as she continually fought off her ambitions to appease her repressive husband.
An endearing and intimate portrait of middle-class families centered around the women whose sacrifices were and still are never acknowledged enough.
The only negatives I got from this book were -that the end was slightly disappointing and a line in the story that is insulting and demeaning to the Natives and frankly, shouldn’t have been there in the book.
The story itself was charming and I would definitely want to read more from the author.
easy pripovjedni stil, s pošalicom-dvije i nekoliko spretno okrenutih rečenica, ali, sve u svemu, ovo nije remek djelo niti neki "must read". najveća zamjerka ide autorici koja se pogubila u likovima, pletući priču i uključujući u nju lika za likom za likom za likom, izgubila se osnovna struktura pa saznajemo o mnogima ponešto, a ni o kome dovoljno.
visoka ocjena na gr-u (4,1) vjerojatno je zaslužena jednostavnošću i čitkošću... pa ako si sklon takvoj literaturi, na dan-dva čitanja može ti pružiti određenu satisfakciju.
visoka ocjena na gr-u (4,1) vjerojatno je zaslužena jednostavnošću i čitkošću... pa ako si sklon takvoj literaturi, na dan-dva čitanja može ti pružiti određenu satisfakciju.
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