Reviews

Água Viva by Clarice Lispector

cuwut's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

nisa_s's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

3.0

thatirezende's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

d6vina's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The prose is challenging at first but when you read on, Lispector does a great job at immersing the reader into her thoughts. It doesn’t feel like we’re on the outside looking in, we’re inside.

larasofiavs's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

jaimieee's review against another edition

5.0

4.5 - the Most no plot just vibes existential ramble ever, narrative was nonexistent. did i understand everything that was going on? no. but clarice is such a slay i’ll be reading heaps more of her.

floraelmcolone's review against another edition

5.0

Ok well. Guess my next year will be devoted to reading everything this woman has ever published. Anointing her into my sainthood of writers alongside Virginia and Mary etc etc. Phewwwwwww

moonyslibrarie's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

maryemilym's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

e333mily's review against another edition

5.0

lispector is: the urgency and desperation of trying to articulate something words can’t quite capture. a sudden moment of clarity at 3 o’clock in the morning. the space between dreaming and wakefulness.

“Ah living is so uncomfortable. Everything pinches: the body demands, the spirit doesn’t stop, living is like being tired and not being able to sleep—”

“To create a being out of oneself is very serious. I am creating myself. And walking in complete darkness in search of ourselves is what we do. It hurts. But these are the pains of childbirth: a thing is born that is. Is itself.”

“I am—despite everything oh despite everything—am being joyful in this instant-now that passes if I don’t capture it in words. I am being joyful in this very instant because I refuse to be defeated: so I love.”