3.81 AVERAGE

emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

blimunda & baltasar, that's all

finally

This book has so much to say about so many things! Paragraphs sometimes lasts pages. It is all very weird and wonderful together. But it was just such a long read that I found it difficult to enjoy.
slow-paced

2,5 ⭐️
eu a dizer que o livro era uma seca o tempo todo
adventurous challenging reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Incredible language. Can you imagine being able to read this in the original Portuguese? Mmmm.

I really tried to get into this one... it won a Nobel prize for Literature in 1998, but I could not help but feel that there were several nuances lost in translation (from the Portuguese). The story was a fantastical love story, and a nice read, but there were other technical issues (format, etc) that keep me from rating this book higher.

saramagovo remek-djelo hipnotičkog ritma, opipljive atmosfere, likova od krvi i mesa. suptilno heretičan i pri tome beskrajno duhovit. svaka rečenica istesana do savršenstva.
blimunda i baltazar moj su omiljeni literarni ljubavni par.
hopeful tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No