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isnotacrayon's review against another edition
I enjoyed the titular essay, but the ones that followed lost me
gicb38's review against another edition
3.0
Bem fiquei em dúvida entre 2.5 e 3, então arredondei. Como outros livros de Jorge Carrion que tenho, a primeira parte sempre é infinitamente mais interessante do que o resto. Os ensaios aqui são bem escritos, e com tópicos diversos sobre o mundo dos livros, mas infelizmente (como mto dos outros livros de Carrion) são extremamente repetitivos. Se quiser ler alguns ensaios sobre o que significa ser leitor, sobre um pouco da história pessoal do autor ou sobre o pq a Amazon (q é a dona do Good Reads, ironicamente) faz mal para a indústria criativa editorial.
Eu recomendo que não gastes tempo lendo o livro todo, se puderes ir e vir. Ler um ensaio aqui outro ali tudo certo, mas n recomendo que leia de capa a capa. Os primeiros 7 ensaios são interessantes de ler juntos, mas o resto fica a descrição de cada leitor. Eu fiquei particularmente entediada depois de Miamizuela, que tinha tudo pra ser um ensaio interessantíssimo, mas falou muito sem dizer nada. E as entrevistas são extremamente repetitivas.
Porém, o prólogo pelos editores Brasileiros é muito bom assim como todas as outras adições feitas pelos mesmos.
Resumindo, se você tem o mínimo de noção sobre o mundo dos livros, você não vai encontrar nada novo aqui, a ponto de que parece que o livro inteiro é mais do mesmo. No final eu cheguei a revirar os olhos so pelo nivel de repetitividade e informações que (talvez sejam vistas como radicais e novas pelos meus pais) qualquer pessoa com o minimo de interesse na indústria ja sabe a muitos anos.
Eu vi um review aqui que diz simplesmente “ok, boomer”. É isso, exatamente isso.
Eu recomendo que não gastes tempo lendo o livro todo, se puderes ir e vir. Ler um ensaio aqui outro ali tudo certo, mas n recomendo que leia de capa a capa. Os primeiros 7 ensaios são interessantes de ler juntos, mas o resto fica a descrição de cada leitor. Eu fiquei particularmente entediada depois de Miamizuela, que tinha tudo pra ser um ensaio interessantíssimo, mas falou muito sem dizer nada. E as entrevistas são extremamente repetitivas.
Porém, o prólogo pelos editores Brasileiros é muito bom assim como todas as outras adições feitas pelos mesmos.
Resumindo, se você tem o mínimo de noção sobre o mundo dos livros, você não vai encontrar nada novo aqui, a ponto de que parece que o livro inteiro é mais do mesmo. No final eu cheguei a revirar os olhos so pelo nivel de repetitividade e informações que (talvez sejam vistas como radicais e novas pelos meus pais) qualquer pessoa com o minimo de interesse na indústria ja sabe a muitos anos.
Eu vi um review aqui que diz simplesmente “ok, boomer”. É isso, exatamente isso.
dunaloves's review against another edition
3.0
Jorge Carrión reúne en este libro una serie de reflexiones, entrevistas y relatos en torno al encanto de los libros: Los viajes que hacemos relacionados con ellos, la emoción de tropezarnos con pequeñas joyas literarias, cómo se complica la gestión de nuestra biblioteca personal con los años, la transformación de nuestra experiencia lectora gracias a la tecnología, habla de Borges, por supuesto...
Uno de los capítulos que más me ha gustado es el dedicado a su charla con Alberto Manguel, escritor y director de la biblioteca nacional de Argentina entre 2016 y 2018.
"Contra Amazon" es uno de esos libros para los amantes de los libros y todo lo relacionado con ellos, que además te deja una colección de reflexiones interesantes, dignas de subrayar.
Uno de los capítulos que más me ha gustado es el dedicado a su charla con Alberto Manguel, escritor y director de la biblioteca nacional de Argentina entre 2016 y 2018.
"Contra Amazon" es uno de esos libros para los amantes de los libros y todo lo relacionado con ellos, que además te deja una colección de reflexiones interesantes, dignas de subrayar.
marianne_dashwood's review against another edition
No es lo que esperaba. De Amazon se habla poco.
averyking's review against another edition
3.0
This book is less so about Amazon and more-so about the preservation of bookshops. Also some travel essays(?) with lots of context lacking, making them to be a bit difficult to read. A bit misleading with the title but I thought some of essays were nice.
etienne02's review against another edition
2.0
J’étais déjà plutôt contre Amazon, mais si j’aurais été pour ce livre ne m’aurait pas fait changer d’avis. Une plaquette, un pamphlet d’opinions, assez peu argumentées et sans trop d’intérêt.
2treads's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
reflective
3.0
-Democracy is particularly visible in libraries. That is why they must be defended-
What Carrón posits in this collection of essays that contain thoughts, impressions, opinions, interviews, and oft times memoiric recollections is his absolute love and devotion to brick and mortar bookstores, bookshops, and libraries.
What's clear is the high esteem he has for grass root movements that have been around and are continually cropping up in many countries, in many ways, to promote a love for reading and uncovering the varying experiences that books convey.
His essays criticizing Amazon is more than just literary snobbery (as he admits to using it especially to find out of print books, not to mention how hard it is to evade using it when they own many of the smaller online book seller sites); it is a disdain for the lack of depth and human element that a machine like Amazon eliminates from the discovery and exploration of the book buying/acquiring process that a bookstore evokes. It is ruminations on the importance of bookshops and libraries and a message to their needing to respond to an ever evolving book scene.
Amazon removes that certain anticipation and happenstance that can occur in bookstores: the strolling through shelf by shelf, the magic of being pulled in by a cover or a spine or a title and his essays and interviews certainly highlight that, as he always ensures to share his and other author's experiences with bookstores.
He is also fascinated by authors who have been inspired by reading and bookstores and shares stories about them and the way in which they would have formed a certain connection with books through bookshops and libraries and incorporated those into their writings.
But what I liked most about this collection is that Carrón is a dedicated librari/booksloguer, sharing his and other's travels and the libraries and bookstores that they have discovered and loves visiting, he also reminisces on those that have been shuttered/abandoned or been swallowed up by gentrification/Amazon etc.
This is a collection that also questions the place that bookstore/shops and libraries will hold in an ever changing and technologizing world, and even as he shares intimate moments and thoughts, his privilege is also quite present throughout and whether it is because of who he is or because of what he has worked to cultivate is up to the reader. For me, it's both. Definitely an interesting read nevertheless.
What Carrón posits in this collection of essays that contain thoughts, impressions, opinions, interviews, and oft times memoiric recollections is his absolute love and devotion to brick and mortar bookstores, bookshops, and libraries.
What's clear is the high esteem he has for grass root movements that have been around and are continually cropping up in many countries, in many ways, to promote a love for reading and uncovering the varying experiences that books convey.
His essays criticizing Amazon is more than just literary snobbery (as he admits to using it especially to find out of print books, not to mention how hard it is to evade using it when they own many of the smaller online book seller sites); it is a disdain for the lack of depth and human element that a machine like Amazon eliminates from the discovery and exploration of the book buying/acquiring process that a bookstore evokes. It is ruminations on the importance of bookshops and libraries and a message to their needing to respond to an ever evolving book scene.
Amazon removes that certain anticipation and happenstance that can occur in bookstores: the strolling through shelf by shelf, the magic of being pulled in by a cover or a spine or a title and his essays and interviews certainly highlight that, as he always ensures to share his and other author's experiences with bookstores.
He is also fascinated by authors who have been inspired by reading and bookstores and shares stories about them and the way in which they would have formed a certain connection with books through bookshops and libraries and incorporated those into their writings.
But what I liked most about this collection is that Carrón is a dedicated librari/booksloguer, sharing his and other's travels and the libraries and bookstores that they have discovered and loves visiting, he also reminisces on those that have been shuttered/abandoned or been swallowed up by gentrification/Amazon etc.
This is a collection that also questions the place that bookstore/shops and libraries will hold in an ever changing and technologizing world, and even as he shares intimate moments and thoughts, his privilege is also quite present throughout and whether it is because of who he is or because of what he has worked to cultivate is up to the reader. For me, it's both. Definitely an interesting read nevertheless.
samanthakru's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
2.75
The book was pretty good, an easy read, but I was disappointed in how many chapters are merely him discussing his travels or niche interests of authors he admires- I would have loved it if I had read more on essays against amazon as the book had advertised. I think it was just a subversion of my expectations
Also, he does something that irritates me with authors: his references to other authors are dependant on the reader to know about his references. I admire when an author is able to be like: hey, here is a text that I enjoy, feel free to check it out. I dislike when an author bolsters his own work on the works of other authors. It is frustrating when you yourself have not read the referenced media.
Overall pretty good tho. 2.75/5
Also, he does something that irritates me with authors: his references to other authors are dependant on the reader to know about his references. I admire when an author is able to be like: hey, here is a text that I enjoy, feel free to check it out. I dislike when an author bolsters his own work on the works of other authors. It is frustrating when you yourself have not read the referenced media.
Overall pretty good tho. 2.75/5