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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I've been wanting to try Clarice Lispector for a while and I finally did. I loved the writing style, but the story didn't do much for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia
Minor: Sexual content
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
We have a narrator who goes on and on, and on about simply telling the story without actually telling it. The dialogue has deep statements about life, that seem to come out of nowhere. Anytime we kind of seem to get a plot, the author throws in the most random things. The characters you don’t really get to know, eventhough when they are introduced you get bombarded by every little fact about them. I was left more confused then curious by every single character and the ending left me puzzled. I think I need someone to explain what the hell the last page even meant. The one highlight is that there were some really beautiful quotes sprinkled in.
I bought one more book by Clarice Lispector and I am kind of dreading it now, but I will give her another chance in the future.
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
emotional
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"On Sundays she got up early in order to have more time to do nothing"
Dialogue reminded me of Waiting for Godot, but with more interesting responses.
Dialogue reminded me of Waiting for Godot, but with more interesting responses.
challenging
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Es la primera vez que genuinamente un libro llega a hacerme sentir tan cómoda con mis propios huesos, mostrándome una protagonista sensible, dándome un espacio para encajar, es que fue imposible no encontarme a mi misma en los espacios entre las palabras que Clarice detalla, entregando una narrativa tan sutil y delicada, no necesariamente débil, es exquisita. Voy a volver a estas paginas hasta que las hojas mismas lleven las huellas de mis dedos, puesto que parte de mi alma yo ya me he encargado de dejar, con confianza. El final me amargo tanto como me inspiro (no es una queja), nunca antes quise vivir tan feliz como hoy (día en el que finalizo por primera vez mi lectura), nunca antes siquiera pensé en ello; la vida, la muerte, si me devolvían la sonrisa en la calle.
El verano nunca antes se sintió tan ligero y pacifico como lo hace hoy, con la miseria de Bea reflejando la mía sin generarme ni un solo destello de humillacion, sino compasión enredándose en los pequeños detalles de las vidas que se retratan en el libro, dando un cierre justo, un descanso destinado a merecer.
El verano nunca antes se sintió tan ligero y pacifico como lo hace hoy, con la miseria de Bea reflejando la mía sin generarme ni un solo destello de humillacion, sino compasión enredándose en los pequeños detalles de las vidas que se retratan en el libro, dando un cierre justo, un descanso destinado a merecer.
"Besides she increasingly couldn't explain herself. She transformed herself into organic simplicity... Sometimes grace grabbed her in the middle of the office. So she'd go to the bathroom to be alone. Standing and smiling until it passed (it strikes me that God was extremely merciful to her: He gave her what He took away)" (54).
This feels like the very intentional sibling of A Breath of Life—Lispector's final two creations call out to one another, evoking a dance between futility and attempts at control. The Hour of the Star offers a more overt social critique and ends with a crescendo reminiscent of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman." Lispector lays bare the dehumanizing aspects of poverty via the most empty heroine I've ever known. This text is rattling, but when is Lispector not? The sunflower in the tomb.
"What I'm about to write is already somehow written within me... if not for the always novelty that is writing, I would die symbolically every day. [...] I've experienced almost everything, including passion and its despair. And now I'd only like to have what I would have been and never was" (12-13).
This feels like the very intentional sibling of A Breath of Life—Lispector's final two creations call out to one another, evoking a dance between futility and attempts at control. The Hour of the Star offers a more overt social critique and ends with a crescendo reminiscent of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman." Lispector lays bare the dehumanizing aspects of poverty via the most empty heroine I've ever known. This text is rattling, but when is Lispector not? The sunflower in the tomb.
"What I'm about to write is already somehow written within me... if not for the always novelty that is writing, I would die symbolically every day. [...] I've experienced almost everything, including passion and its despair. And now I'd only like to have what I would have been and never was" (12-13).
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Although some aspects of it may be confusing, the writing is absolutely beautiful.