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urtencija's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
Nors ir dokumentinė, bet skaitėsi gana lengvai. Gerai struktūruotas tekstas, tad lengva sekti laiko liniją, pateikiama gan daug aprašomų paveikslų nuotraukų, taip pat aprašomas istorinis kontekstas (kaip prastai istorijos žinovei, man jis labai padėjo).
shivermetimbers's review against another edition
5.0
Frida has been an icon to me for years and this book made me fall even further in love with her! I expected this book to be primarily about the factual events of her life, but this book also contained extensive analysis on dozens of her pieces of art, which I loved. Additionally, it contained numerous letters she sent over the years which made the book feel even more personal. Frida's own words made me cackle constantly and by the end of the book she felt so familiar to me that I wept while reading about her tragic end.
Overall the book was well-written and really well-researched. My one (minor) qualm was that although Herrera did talk about Frida's bisexuality she didn't go into the same depth of analysis with Frida's female partners as she did with Frida's male partners. This is likely because this book was written in the 80s and because the people she interviewed were all rather old at that point and were perhaps not interested in discussing the topic. Annoying but fair! Herrera also used the word "gay" (as in happy) constantly to describe Frida so I feel like that balances the scales.
Overall the book was well-written and really well-researched. My one (minor) qualm was that although Herrera did talk about Frida's bisexuality she didn't go into the same depth of analysis with Frida's female partners as she did with Frida's male partners. This is likely because this book was written in the 80s and because the people she interviewed were all rather old at that point and were perhaps not interested in discussing the topic. Annoying but fair! Herrera also used the word "gay" (as in happy) constantly to describe Frida so I feel like that balances the scales.
sarahdelaney82's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
rutal's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.75
evuks16's review against another edition
4.0
Grāmatu nedaudz traucē lasīt tas, ka daudz minēts, ka tas tā varētu būt, iespējams tas parāda to utml. Neko daudz nesaprotu no mākslas, kā arī tā laika Meksikas sabiedrības krējums nav man zināms, vien pieminētie eiropas mākslinieki un psrs politiķi. Pati Frīda aprakstīta kā īsta dīva,zvaigzne utml. nav patikusi vientulība, kas pavada stāsta varoni, kaut gan paziņu, mīļāko un draugu atbalsts bijis pastāvīgs, pat ļoti liels kā var noprast grāmatā. Katrā ziņā simpatizējoš cilvēks, kas nav padevies liktenim un sevi spējis realizēt dzīvē. Kā pati minējusi, ka var paslīdēt uz banāna mizas un nomirt, nekad nevar zināt. Šī grāmata radīja interesi palasīt vēl kāda cilvēka biogrāfiju.
majabergwik's review against another edition
4.0
Mycket fint porträtt av Frida!! Snabbläste delarna om konst mot slutet… hade nog tyckt ännu bättre om den om jag faktiskt var konstintresserad
rhiannatherad's review against another edition
4.0
One plus about being stuck on an unexpected double shift at the hotel is that I got to finish the big ass Frida bio I've been reading.