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raquelf's review against another edition
4.0
Se eu, primeiramente, me apaixonei pelo título do livro e pelo conceito, imediatamente, após o início da leitura pude apaixonar-me pela história. Aliás, pelas várias histórias.
Não sei o que é mais triste: vivermos vidas paralelas ou vidas perpendiculares. Se na primeira opção estamos destinados a que a nossa vida nunca se cruze com pessoas que nos podiam salvar do inferno a que muitas vezes intitulamos de vida, na segunda opção, a ideia de que nos cruzaremos com essas pessoas uma única vez e nunca mais, também, não é muito confortante.
Este livro retrata, então, a história de duas personagens que se encontram uma a outra e que na sua solidão se acompanham. É uma história triste que ensina o quão decisivas as nossas escolhas são para a nossa vida. As decisões de cada personagem e a sua atitude perante a vida condena-as a uma existência miserável, perdida no tempo.
O leitor fica perante uma amizade que se constrói à medida que lê a obra e, talvez, reconheça nas palavras do escritor semelhanças à sua realidade.
As escolhas fazem-se em poucos segundos e descontam-se no tempo que resta.
Não sei o que é mais triste: vivermos vidas paralelas ou vidas perpendiculares. Se na primeira opção estamos destinados a que a nossa vida nunca se cruze com pessoas que nos podiam salvar do inferno a que muitas vezes intitulamos de vida, na segunda opção, a ideia de que nos cruzaremos com essas pessoas uma única vez e nunca mais, também, não é muito confortante.
Este livro retrata, então, a história de duas personagens que se encontram uma a outra e que na sua solidão se acompanham. É uma história triste que ensina o quão decisivas as nossas escolhas são para a nossa vida. As decisões de cada personagem e a sua atitude perante a vida condena-as a uma existência miserável, perdida no tempo.
O leitor fica perante uma amizade que se constrói à medida que lê a obra e, talvez, reconheça nas palavras do escritor semelhanças à sua realidade.
As escolhas fazem-se em poucos segundos e descontam-se no tempo que resta.
bszymaniak's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
reneeronny's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-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
4.5
rccas_'s review against another edition
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
fancypants29's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
outoftheblue14's review against another edition
3.0
Mattia pensava che lui e Alice erano cosi', due primi gemelli, soli e perduti, vicini ma non abbastanza per sfiorarsi davvero. A lei non l'aveva mai detto. Quando immaginava di confessarle queste cose, il sottile strato di sudore sulle sue mani evaporava del tutto e per dieci minuti buoni non era piu' in grado di toccare nessun oggetto.
Mattia thought that he and Alice were like that, two twin primes, lonely and lost, close but not enough to really brush against each other. He had never told her. When he imagined to confess these things to her, the slight layer of sweat on his hands evaporated completely and for a good ten minutes he wasn't able to touch anything. (My translation--it's the best I could come up with, sorry if it sounds awkward. The original is beautiful.)
I don't know if La solitudine dei numeri primi (The Loneliness of Prime Numbers) by Paolo Giordano is ever going to be translated in English, but I think it should. I read it from cover to cover this afternoon, and loved it. It's the first Italian book I read in a long, long time, mainly because of all the hype surrounding it (the book won the renowned literary award Premio Strega this year and has been a bestseller in Italy for the past few months). So I gave in and picked up a copy.
The beginning had me hooked. Two events from their childhood define Alice and Mattia's lives . Seven-year-old Alice is forced by her father to attend skiing lessons. One day, while she's waiting to go skiing, she dirties herself. She tries to get back home and falls, breaking her leg badly and earning herself a permanent limp. Mattia has a developmentally challenged twin sister, Michela. Her constant presence umiliates him with his classmates, and one day he leaves her in a park, with the promise he will be coming back to take her home soon. When he gets back, however, she's disappeared.
These two events shape the lives of the main characters: in her teens, Alice becomes anorexic, while Mattia is a math genius, probably suffering from Asperger's syndrome. Following her mother's death from cancer, Alice leaves university to pursue a career as a photographer, while Mattia goes on to earn his degree in Mathematics.
The title refers to Mattia's conviction that he and Alice are twin primes, that is two prime numbers which are separated by only one even number (like 11 and 13, for example). Like their mathematical counterparts, Alice and Mattia are very close but never enough to touch each other.
Despite its great success, this book has often been accused of having a poor plot and poor characterization, and of dealing with trivial events. I found the plot a bit frustrating sometimes--scenes often seemed to stop efore a big moment I would've liked to read about--but then I thought that this is the feature which makes the book so fascinating.
In a sentence: go for it. If you read Italian or if it ever gets translated into English, that is.
Mattia thought that he and Alice were like that, two twin primes, lonely and lost, close but not enough to really brush against each other. He had never told her. When he imagined to confess these things to her, the slight layer of sweat on his hands evaporated completely and for a good ten minutes he wasn't able to touch anything. (My translation--it's the best I could come up with, sorry if it sounds awkward. The original is beautiful.)
I don't know if La solitudine dei numeri primi (The Loneliness of Prime Numbers) by Paolo Giordano is ever going to be translated in English, but I think it should. I read it from cover to cover this afternoon, and loved it. It's the first Italian book I read in a long, long time, mainly because of all the hype surrounding it (the book won the renowned literary award Premio Strega this year and has been a bestseller in Italy for the past few months). So I gave in and picked up a copy.
The beginning had me hooked. Two events from their childhood define Alice and Mattia's lives . Seven-year-old Alice is forced by her father to attend skiing lessons. One day, while she's waiting to go skiing, she dirties herself. She tries to get back home and falls, breaking her leg badly and earning herself a permanent limp. Mattia has a developmentally challenged twin sister, Michela. Her constant presence umiliates him with his classmates, and one day he leaves her in a park, with the promise he will be coming back to take her home soon. When he gets back, however, she's disappeared.
These two events shape the lives of the main characters: in her teens, Alice becomes anorexic, while Mattia is a math genius, probably suffering from Asperger's syndrome. Following her mother's death from cancer, Alice leaves university to pursue a career as a photographer, while Mattia goes on to earn his degree in Mathematics.
The title refers to Mattia's conviction that he and Alice are twin primes, that is two prime numbers which are separated by only one even number (like 11 and 13, for example). Like their mathematical counterparts, Alice and Mattia are very close but never enough to touch each other.
Despite its great success, this book has often been accused of having a poor plot and poor characterization, and of dealing with trivial events. I found the plot a bit frustrating sometimes--scenes often seemed to stop efore a big moment I would've liked to read about--but then I thought that this is the feature which makes the book so fascinating.
In a sentence: go for it. If you read Italian or if it ever gets translated into English, that is.
cate_zh's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
anakuyenhn's review against another edition
4.0
Esta es la historia de dos jóvenes, Alice y Mattia, que han tenido historias trágicas en su niñez, las cuales marcaron completamente sus actitudes ante la vida. La culpa y el rencor, se convirtieron en una constante en sus vidas, dañando sus relaciones y sus posibilidades de ser felices.
Cuando comencé a leer este libro no tenia muchas expectativas, pues no había oido hablar de él, aunque sabía que mi abuelo lo había leído. No fue nada difícil engancharme, desde el principio comienza con una escena super cruda, que me dejó con una incomodidad tal que pensé: Si este libro puede provocarme estas sensaciones desde un principio, debe ser muy bueno. Y así fue, no me defraudó.
Reseña Completa: https://anakuyenhn.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/resena-la-soledad-de-los-numeros-primos-paolo-giordano/
Cuando comencé a leer este libro no tenia muchas expectativas, pues no había oido hablar de él, aunque sabía que mi abuelo lo había leído. No fue nada difícil engancharme, desde el principio comienza con una escena super cruda, que me dejó con una incomodidad tal que pensé: Si este libro puede provocarme estas sensaciones desde un principio, debe ser muy bueno. Y así fue, no me defraudó.
Reseña Completa: https://anakuyenhn.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/resena-la-soledad-de-los-numeros-primos-paolo-giordano/