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3.29 AVERAGE
3.29 AVERAGE
Este livro é intitulado de literatura para crianças e a meu ver está bem longe disso... Afinal o autor está a fazer uma critica à sociedade e aos seus muitos vicios/problemas/maldades e que tais.. A forma como Swift descreve os vários povos que Gulliver encontra, e faz um paralelo com a sociedade em que ele vivia está a meu ver muito bem feito, e é incrivel como o livro continua actual, quase 300 anos depois de ser escrito..
Não gostei especialmente do Gulliver, e muito menos no fim do livro..
Mas de um modo geral, gostei deste livro.
This book is entitled literature for children and I think is far from it... After all the author is making a critique of society and its many vices/problems/evils and the like.. The way Swift describes how the various people Gulliver meets, and draws a parallel with the society in which he lived is in my view very well done, and it is amazing how the book is still so actual, nearly 300 years after it was written ..
I did not like Gulliver very much, and much less at the end of the book..
But in general, I liked this book.
Não gostei especialmente do Gulliver, e muito menos no fim do livro..
Mas de um modo geral, gostei deste livro.
This book is entitled literature for children and I think is far from it... After all the author is making a critique of society and its many vices/problems/evils and the like.. The way Swift describes how the various people Gulliver meets, and draws a parallel with the society in which he lived is in my view very well done, and it is amazing how the book is still so actual, nearly 300 years after it was written ..
I did not like Gulliver very much, and much less at the end of the book..
But in general, I liked this book.
adventurous
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Man, I just miss dialogue.
adventurous
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Imagine your husband leaves for goes on 4 failed expeditions, spanning 16 years, and then returns home just to call you a Yahoo and talk to horses 4 hours a day. Leave his ass Mary
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am sure there is some moral lessons to be taught from these stories. In fact it's very clear on their lessons on politics and morals and the state of the world when it was written. (And it is worth nothing that Gulliver (and Swift) decry the wars and genocides the English people have carried out in their conquest of foreign lands.)
But this is also a set of stories that set off my kink-o-meter with little obsessive details that make me uneasy. There's the obvious macro/micro kink - which comes to a non-consensual head in Brobdingnag, but there's also a weird scat-like fascination with Gulliver's toileting in both Lilliput and Brobdingnag (plus one of the scientists in Laputa), the pet play dynamics with Glumdalclitch and the Houyhnhnms, and the broad way that Gulliver gradually is degraded and humiliated by his encounters.
I'm not sure I feel about this layer of the erotic and horrific, especially the way they're used to illustrate the points Swift is making, but it is sort of fascinating that they're there and could (at least in this adaptation I listened to) form the basis of an erotic reading of the stories.
But this is also a set of stories that set off my kink-o-meter with little obsessive details that make me uneasy. There's the obvious macro/micro kink - which comes to a non-consensual head in Brobdingnag, but there's also a weird scat-like fascination with Gulliver's toileting in both Lilliput and Brobdingnag (plus one of the scientists in Laputa), the pet play dynamics with Glumdalclitch and the Houyhnhnms, and the broad way that Gulliver gradually is degraded and humiliated by his encounters.
I'm not sure I feel about this layer of the erotic and horrific, especially the way they're used to illustrate the points Swift is making, but it is sort of fascinating that they're there and could (at least in this adaptation I listened to) form the basis of an erotic reading of the stories.
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It was a nice book. I enjoyed how it was split into four stories for the four countries he visited. It just got confusing way too often for this to be even a 4-star read. Plus how is he just leaving his wife and kids for YEARS and not having any repercussions because of it?