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O Grande Círculo by Maggie Shipstead

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

i was born to be a wanderer.

it’s a great epic story mostly about the life of a woman that didn’t just fit her time but also gender stereotypes, that wanted to be who she was but accepted that it would be easy for others.

i think this book would have been enough telling marians story without adding the drama of the actress into the story.
marians story is unique and strong and loud.

there wasn’t a need to add more or another loud voice into the mix.
it didn’t necessarily delude marians story but i also don’t think it added anything.

and since i already complaining: i think this book focused a little too much on sex in some scenes. and i didn’t see the need for that at all?
i just don’t think all the mentions of sex was necessary especially the brutal scenes.
i get that sex apparently sells and it’s part of life but i don’t think it’s necessary to always describe it in every book. maybe just my opinion, but sometimes it’s not necessary to have all the details.

beside those things the book was great!

i loved the passion and need the book really managed to show, the necessity that marian felt to fly, to go, to keep in the air and moving.
but at the same time, that she clearly loved her bother and caleb and didn’t ever really to manage to actually leave them behind.

i loved the ending of the book,
i really enjoyed how it all connected together, from marians parents to her last flight.

it’s a really great book and a wonderful story.

“circles are wonderful because they are endless. anything endless is wondrous. but endlessness is torture, too. i knew they horizon could never be caught but still chased it. what i have done is foolish; i had no choice but to do it.”

“life gives you lemons, you cave off their skins and garnish your martinis”

“….i didnt deserve to be there. and maybe i didn’t, but you can’t measure fairness in a lab. you can’t know if you deserve something. probably you don’t.”

“i own him my life, lloyd had said many times.
your life can’t be a debt, she’d countered once, or then it’s not really yours, and nothing has been saved.”

“everyone knows men don’t get old, at least not in a way that matters”

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