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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
read this with more patience and context than i have for any other lispector, and got a lot more out of it. i really appreciated max's point earlier this week about reading for the feeling of the sentences instead of the meaning, and i tried to strike a balance between sitting with each line enough for it to inhere some meaning, and letting myself just experience the strangeness. this is making me want to reread the other stuff of hers i've read, with this same appreciation for her goal of unsettling our reading experience and pushing us towards new ways of meaning-making. i feel very interested in the psychoanalytic reading of this books in terms of a shattered/dualistic psyche. i feel a lot of empathy and sorrow for macabea as well :(
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow, what a unique voice Clarice has, her character in this book, Macabéa is incredibly unique and penultimately herself without ever changing even right up to the point of her death. She is odd and a bit out of it but undoubtedly free inwardly which is hard to find these days! Definitely give this a read for a thought provoking read. Stays with you long after you’ve finished it.