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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Gostei e não gostei... depois não sei onde já andava pela história. Até que tudo ficou confuso com detalhes que não interessam... enfim, queria mais, mais sumo e só tive um pequeno cheirinho!
Mas Rora, o fotógrafo, eu simpatizei tanto com ele! Que personagem tão carismática
Mas Rora, o fotógrafo, eu simpatizei tanto com ele! Que personagem tão carismática
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Confinement, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma
Minor: Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Trafficking
dark
emotional
mysterious
challenging
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-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:
Complicated
At one point Hemon's narrator wonders if the biblical Lazarus might not have been better off without the assistance of Jesus. Maybe he was better off dead. That sums up the attitude of Vladimir Brik, and his angry despair pervades this novel. Part travelogue but mostly monologue, Brik muses endlessly on the bitterness of history as he retraces the life and death of his subject, the Jewish refugee and American murder victim, Lazarus Averbuch.
There is very little to like about Brik, but he is an intelligent and articulate guide through a world that is equally cruel and unforgiving. The auxiliary characters, seen through Brik's eyes, are either pathetic victims or brutes, with one notable exception. The only light moments are the Mujo & Sujo jokes. Fortunately Hemon's tremendous gift for prose vivifies this corpse of a book. It's not beach reading.
There is very little to like about Brik, but he is an intelligent and articulate guide through a world that is equally cruel and unforgiving. The auxiliary characters, seen through Brik's eyes, are either pathetic victims or brutes, with one notable exception. The only light moments are the Mujo & Sujo jokes. Fortunately Hemon's tremendous gift for prose vivifies this corpse of a book. It's not beach reading.
Hemon did a wonderful job moving between present and past, immigrant and the emigrant, and text and photographs. Even more amazing is finding the connections from Hemon's own migratory past, how he came to settle in the US, and the characters in the story.
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes