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Éloge du mensonge by Patrícia Melo

beckyene's review against another edition

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4.0

I liked specially the critic on the publishing industry!

peixinhodeprata's review against another edition

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3.0

Já tinha lido [b:Inferno|1664490|Inferno|Patrícia Melo|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347581976s/1664490.jpg|1659351] da mesma autora e tinha gostado bastante, daí ter pegado neste livro com muita expectativa.

Gostei bastante, o sentido de humor e de ironia são ainda mais apurados que no livro anterior, talvez porque o tema se presta mais a isso. Desde homícidios por dinheiro, mascarados de passionais, à literatura de cordel e de auto-ajuda, tudo é ridicularizado com mestria neste livro e muitas foram as vezes que andei com um sorriso no rosto a lê-lo.

No entanto, para mim, ficou um bocadinho aquém do primeiro livro que li da autora que era muito realista e transgressivo.

Mesmo assim recomenda a todos os que gostam de literatura brasileira, livros bem escritos que nos entretêm com uma boa dose de sarcasmo e humor.

catandherbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5


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james_annis's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The author has ideas and is playing with them- it's a good book, but I didn't find the whole nearly as good as the beginning. See, in the beginning, the focus is on a deadly woman who works with venomous snakes for a living, but the book evolves to be about the male writer and his writing progression.  Deadly snake scientist or hack writer... hmm, which would I rather read about. 

Yet reading it didn't leave me thinking it was a hack book, or a waste of time.  Just that I didn't enjoy it all that much.

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3.0

3.5
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