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Água Viva by Clarice Lispector

majadelafuente's review

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challenging reflective

3.0

angiekim's review against another edition

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5.0

the last 3 pages were some of the most stirring, spiritually satisfying writing i’ve ever experienced — i am bewitched

opedrosantos's review against another edition

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

4.0

um mergulho no gênio de clarice. 

klimts15thchild's review against another edition

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challenging inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

aelumi's review against another edition

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3.0

you are a form of being i, and i a form of being you: those are the limits of my possibility.

the experience of reading água viva is like being submerged underwater, engulfed in thousands of whispers incessantly shaping the ever-passing instant.

it never began and never will end.

meditative in every sense of the word, it’s a laboriously seducing read that seems to linger on upon the moment of closing, however strangely.

i love the ugly with the love of equals (…) i—i am my own death.
(…) the horrible duty is to go to the end.

heyfarahey's review

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

4.0

zachwerb's review against another edition

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4.0

Always strange and feeling like a dream. A very neurotic one.

annabellebinnerts's review against another edition

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4.0

Kostte me LANG om te lezen maar het was schitterend.

"It's so odd to have exchanged my paints for this strange thing
that is the word. Words-I move cautiously among them as
they can turn threatening; I can have the freedom to write this:
"pilgrims, merchants and shepherds led their caravans toward
Tibet and the roads were difficult and primitive:' With that
phrase I made a scene be born, as in a photographic flash."

theangrybuddhas's review against another edition

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challenging reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

atlantides's review against another edition

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challenging inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A