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3.79 AVERAGE
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
No
A ideia de um retelling nacional atraiu-me e achei interessante a ideia de o fazer sáfico (também pelo que é dito na nota da autora), mas o resultado não funcionou para mim.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-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
Este livro deixou-me tão feliz pelo simples facto de ser um retelling de uma lenda tradicional portuguesa.
Não é algo que vemos todos os dias e quando vi que para além disso, tinha representação queer, soube que tinha de o ler.
Só pela nostalgia já valeu a pena. É uma leitura que se faz muito bem e o enredo é interessante. Achei genial transformar a lenda, fazendo com que tudo o que Isabel come se torne em rosas. Criou high stakes, porque se ela não resolver este seu problema, certamente irá morrer. Gostei de acompanhar a personagem na sua jornada de auto aceitação (que inclui o seu conflito com a sua sexualidade).
Não é um livro perfeito e gostava que fosse mais descritivo ou, pelos menos, que tivesse mais momentos de construção do mundo, para nos dar um ambiente mais claro. Penso que quem não conhece Portugal, não ficará com uma imagem muito clara ao ler o livro. O romance poderia ter sido mais bem explorado, mas a minha preferência pessoal é slow burn, o que talvez exija um livro mais extenso.
Recomendo a leitura a quem queira ler um retelling da nossa lenda da Rainha Santa Isabel, pois é, certamente, uma maneira muito engraçada de voltar a olhar para esta história.
Não é algo que vemos todos os dias e quando vi que para além disso, tinha representação queer, soube que tinha de o ler.
Só pela nostalgia já valeu a pena. É uma leitura que se faz muito bem e o enredo é interessante. Achei genial transformar a lenda, fazendo com que tudo o que Isabel come se torne em rosas. Criou high stakes, porque se ela não resolver este seu problema, certamente irá morrer. Gostei de acompanhar a personagem na sua jornada de auto aceitação (que inclui o seu conflito com a sua sexualidade).
Não é um livro perfeito e gostava que fosse mais descritivo ou, pelos menos, que tivesse mais momentos de construção do mundo, para nos dar um ambiente mais claro. Penso que quem não conhece Portugal, não ficará com uma imagem muito clara ao ler o livro. O romance poderia ter sido mais bem explorado, mas a minha preferência pessoal é slow burn, o que talvez exija um livro mais extenso.
Recomendo a leitura a quem queira ler um retelling da nossa lenda da Rainha Santa Isabel, pois é, certamente, uma maneira muito engraçada de voltar a olhar para esta história.
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Absolutely fantastic, and it helped me reframe how I treat my mental illnesses which was extremely surprising but wonderful.
Not for me..
This book had me drawn in with the cover, the synopsis — it seemed like something I would adore. But unfortunately I did not. The novel was incredibly boring. The world building and magic explanations were pretty much nonexistent. The characters were one dimensional and flat, and none except the protagonist were ever really expanded on. She was also really dumb so it got hard to read her POV.
Things were rushed, chaotic. The setting was lovely and I enjoyed the fact it was a WLW novel, but the relationship was instalove and somewhat strange. And again, beyond it being a Portugal-esque kingdom setting, the setting isn’t really touched on.
The idea of it, the magic, the plague, her curse being a gift, was all very enticing but the execution was just a massive flop. The writing itself isn’t really bad, in fact at times it was lovely. But everything else was just overwhelmingly boring and lacking that it just overshadowed any of the good.
This book had me drawn in with the cover, the synopsis — it seemed like something I would adore. But unfortunately I did not. The novel was incredibly boring. The world building and magic explanations were pretty much nonexistent. The characters were one dimensional and flat, and none except the protagonist were ever really expanded on. She was also really dumb so it got hard to read her POV.
Things were rushed, chaotic. The setting was lovely and I enjoyed the fact it was a WLW novel, but the relationship was instalove and somewhat strange. And again, beyond it being a Portugal-esque kingdom setting, the setting isn’t really touched on.
The idea of it, the magic, the plague, her curse being a gift, was all very enticing but the execution was just a massive flop. The writing itself isn’t really bad, in fact at times it was lovely. But everything else was just overwhelmingly boring and lacking that it just overshadowed any of the good.
I have received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Okay, so I've been hearing pretty good things about A Curse of Roses and finally found time to dive into the book. That being said, it started off slowly for me. Don't get me wrong.. I was definitely intrigued by Princess Yzabel and felt bad for instantly. Mostly because I love food - baking, eating, cooking, smelling, and all that jazz. Food is awesome. So for her not to be able to eat food because she's cursed is just downright terrible.
I don't even like flowers and I think it would be highly painful to throw up flowers and craps. I mean.. roses have thorns and that makes me cringe a bit. So in order to free her from this curse, she needs to give a kiss to an Enchanted Moura.
Enter Fatyan.
I love them together. It just felt like something changed for the better once they were together. The book went by faster and I was just sucked into their forbidden romance that I wanted more. Yet, once I liked them I knew that I was going to get so much drama after that point. Which I did.. and it was okay.
In the end, this was a good book but the ending just felt so rushed for me.
Okay, so I've been hearing pretty good things about A Curse of Roses and finally found time to dive into the book. That being said, it started off slowly for me. Don't get me wrong.. I was definitely intrigued by Princess Yzabel and felt bad for instantly. Mostly because I love food - baking, eating, cooking, smelling, and all that jazz. Food is awesome. So for her not to be able to eat food because she's cursed is just downright terrible.
I don't even like flowers and I think it would be highly painful to throw up flowers and craps. I mean.. roses have thorns and that makes me cringe a bit. So in order to free her from this curse, she needs to give a kiss to an Enchanted Moura.
Enter Fatyan.
I love them together. It just felt like something changed for the better once they were together. The book went by faster and I was just sucked into their forbidden romance that I wanted more. Yet, once I liked them I knew that I was going to get so much drama after that point. Which I did.. and it was okay.
In the end, this was a good book but the ending just felt so rushed for me.
I will admit I struggled with this book; I don't think I was in the right mindset going into it but hot damn, there is just so much going on here! A mythology and culture that I don't think I've ever experienced in a fantasy novel and it required a lot of mental awareness and being fully present when reading to get the full experience and world building but it's well worth the effort.
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
actually love love loved this book, found it in my school’s library. it does go over religious based homophobia and self harm etc a lot because that’s what yza dwells and questions was taught to her about it a lot so if that isn’t your kind of stuff i’d say don’t read it. and i really wish we got more at the end, like… i wanted to see them all be happy and stuff, like yza’s maid and the other moura reuniting and yza as queen with faty by her side but nooo. really had to end there. :(
TW: Autoflagelação, Distúrbios Alimentares, Homofobia
A literatura fantástica não tem tido espaço nas minhas leituras, porque acabo por explorar outros géneros. No entanto, o livro da Diana Pinguicha deixou-me com vontade de quebrar essa tendência e sair da minha zona de conforto literário.
Achei muito interessante a abordagem da autora, sobretudo depois de ler a sua nota. Ter histórias que apostem em vários tipos de representatividade é fundamental, até para evitar que tantas crianças, tantos adolescentes cresçam convictos que há algo de errado consigo, que não há um lugar onde pertençam. Acho que a história da Isabel pode ajudar a quebrar esses muros e a que não se sintam oprimidos.
Apesar de abordar temas de máxima importância, confesso que não me consegui relacionar em pleno com o enredo. Faltou-me um maior equilíbrio entre as duas partes e houve passagens em que me senti um pouco perdida. Ainda assim, destaco dois aspetos que, para mim, são o maior trunfo da obra: a refleção entre aquilo que é uma maldição e aquilo que é uma bênção e o desabrochar da protagonista
A literatura fantástica não tem tido espaço nas minhas leituras, porque acabo por explorar outros géneros. No entanto, o livro da Diana Pinguicha deixou-me com vontade de quebrar essa tendência e sair da minha zona de conforto literário.
Achei muito interessante a abordagem da autora, sobretudo depois de ler a sua nota. Ter histórias que apostem em vários tipos de representatividade é fundamental, até para evitar que tantas crianças, tantos adolescentes cresçam convictos que há algo de errado consigo, que não há um lugar onde pertençam. Acho que a história da Isabel pode ajudar a quebrar esses muros e a que não se sintam oprimidos.
Apesar de abordar temas de máxima importância, confesso que não me consegui relacionar em pleno com o enredo. Faltou-me um maior equilíbrio entre as duas partes e houve passagens em que me senti um pouco perdida. Ainda assim, destaco dois aspetos que, para mim, são o maior trunfo da obra: a refleção entre aquilo que é uma maldição e aquilo que é uma bênção e o desabrochar da protagonista