Reviews

Balada para Sophie by Filipe Melo

madalena's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

soforlorn's review against another edition

4.0

simple but great story and BEAUTIFUL illustration. 4.5 ⭐️

gus_reads's review

5.0

Es precioso. Tanto los dibujos como la historia. Recomendadísimo.

blaisabrina's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

abookperson's review against another edition

5.0

Multiple times I got choked up and started crying while reading this. Nevertheless, I couldn't stop reading. 

The one thing I would have wanted to see more of that would have satisfied my curiosity surrounding these characters lives would be more of Sophie's backstory. We only get tiny glimpses of her throughout and the way she reacts to things told, but following her confession to Julien regarding her real identity and intentions, I would have liked to understand more about how she grew up; did she have a nice childhood, did her mother not talking to Sophie about her father cause any kind of distance between them, did Sophie's mother live happily after leaving everything behind? I feel that even if only a page or two had been devoted to illustrations of Sophie growing up beside her mother doing various things, my curiosity would be satiated.

Either way, the story made me feel as if I'd lived through everything told, and it's a story I'm not likely to forget any time soon. Beautiful but bittersweet.

daaniic's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.5

danielarmisreading's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

snaillydia's review against another edition

3.0

A perfectly okay way to spend an afternoon.

blueinkandpaperstars's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

adeselnaferreira's review

5.0

I'm not crying, you're crying...