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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Would read again in order to understand why everyone likes it so much but for now…
reflective
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Damn (explosion) this was an emotional rollercoaster (explosion)
Everything I’ve been reading lately is about the weight of living, and I know it’s my guardian angel’s effort to try to get me to stop distracting myself from thinking but reading things like this makes me want to distract myself even more
Maca, there’s a piece of you within all of us. Fuck.
Everything I’ve been reading lately is about the weight of living, and I know it’s my guardian angel’s effort to try to get me to stop distracting myself from thinking but reading things like this makes me want to distract myself even more
Maca, there’s a piece of you within all of us. Fuck.
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-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
I’ve read a lot of books this year that have an embedded narrative: My Antonia, A Long Way from Chicago, and The Great Gatsby. These stories employ another character within the story to recount the story, strengthening the themes of nostalgia and romanticism.
But Lispector inverts the trope. Through the critical eyes of Rodrigo's narrative of Macabea, what could have been a story about the tragedy of poverty and the dignity of the human spirit, became pathetic and empty.
This is significant when you put this up against the most famous quote from this book, which is, “No one can enter another’s heart.” I think this book does a good job at exploring the bleaker elements of that concept. An embedded narrator can just as easily bestow an other-worldly magic to another character, putting them on a pedestal. But this book does the opposite, which is jarring and made me think a lot more.
But Lispector inverts the trope. Through the critical eyes of Rodrigo's narrative of Macabea, what could have been a story about the tragedy of poverty and the dignity of the human spirit, became pathetic and empty.
This is significant when you put this up against the most famous quote from this book, which is, “No one can enter another’s heart.” I think this book does a good job at exploring the bleaker elements of that concept. An embedded narrator can just as easily bestow an other-worldly magic to another character, putting them on a pedestal. But this book does the opposite, which is jarring and made me think a lot more.