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O corpo dela e outras partes by Carmen Maria Machado

190 reviews

silverrose187's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I had a hard time with how abruptly some of the stories ended, my favorite short story especially because there was so much to explore and uncover. I felt like it could have been an entire novel on its own. I did like more of the stories than I didn’t.

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tealight's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Strange, vivid and sublime. It’s easy to imagine this book as a tv anthology, something like an early season of Black Mirror, maybe a little lofty at parts, but leaving you with a lovely little shiver regardless. Not every experimentation culminated into something spectacular, but some of these stories will stay with me for a while.

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jmq23's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think a lot of the themes kind of went over my head when i read it. I’m going to have to give it a more in depth read and i’ll probably also have to annotate it too in order to understand. but i loved it, it was meaningful and relatable and the prose was amazing.

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vigil's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I feel as if a few of the metaphors flew over my head (will likely reread later) but the prose is stunning. machado's ability to craft such visceral stories in a limited space is beyond. i can't believe she got me to briefly care abt law and order svu. this is quite a triggering story, heed the content warnings before going in.

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adorabug's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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dhritigupta's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

it took me a bit to get through this, but i still liked it! i felt like i was too dumb to fully understand the stories a lot of the time, but many of them still stuck with me! the writing was beautiful the whole way through, but some stories i wanted to know what was going on a bit more!! my faves were mothers, inventory, real women have bodies and eight bites. however, even with the ones i didn’t get as much, i’m still thinking about them, bc they grow on you by the time you finish the story. like with especially heinous and the resident i’m still thinking about the perfect eeriness, even if i didn’t love them.

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ejr1904's review against another edition

3.25

dark funny tense slow-paced

It was hit and miss.

I wanted so desperately to fall in love with all of these tales, but only a couple of them resonated. The Inventory was sensational and the ribbon was a really fascinating modernized version of urban legend. It was dark and nostalgic.

I felt like the SVU story missed the mark. It was long, over imagined, and was difficult to track. I was most excited for that, but I was neither moved by the meaning nor the prose.

Her writing is impactful and the subject matter is crucial, I was just left with wanting a bit more.

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