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3.87 AVERAGE

dark reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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DID NOT FINISH

I refuse to read anymore about boys' armpits. 
dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
dark emotional reflective 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: Yes

This was a weird read for me. I liked the premise of this book, but the execution was a little… ehhh? I really love how vulnerable and uncomfortable the story was, especially Mishima’s willingness to dive into a really twisted, disturbing depiction of sexuality and sexual fantasy, but I kind of wish that he would do more with this. The focus was also sort of all over the place, and the retrospective narration was a bit jarring at time, such as when psychological research was randomly brought into it. The writing style wasn’t exactly my thing, either, but I still overall had a decent time reading this work. It’s definitely inspired me to get more uncomfortably personal and vulnerable in my own writing.

¿Algún día llegaré a entender la complejidad del ser?
Magnífico. Todo un placer leer a Mishima.
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ao ter sido uma criança/adolescente introspetivo, acho fácil identificar-me com a forma de ver as coisas da personagem principal, e de como observa o mundo e as pessoas à sua volta.
Yukio Mishima ainda não deixou de me surpreender. Lançar um livro, ou, aliás, escrever um livro como este, em 1948, demonstra uma força do autor de ir em frente, de procurar uma forma de conciliar a dicotomia entre a mente e o corpo, que é evidente nesta obra, e é de louvar, tendo em conta a importância, ainda no século XXI, que esta obra tem.
Pergunto-me porque não foi já feito um filme baseado neste livro, mas, enfim. É, definitivamente, um dos meus livros favoritos. Pode ser, talvez, agonizante para alguns leitores, pois o jovem não parece avançar na narrativa, isto é, ao ser instrospetivo, a grande maioria do enredo passa-se no seu interior, sendo a história exterior apenas a chama que ilumina o interior. No entanto, é-me impossível não recomendar este livro seja a quem for.
challenging reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character