A review by maryinwonders
Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

Clarice Lispector captures the kind of inner life that often remains invisible: the aching, layered intensity of feeling misunderstood, of living on a deeper frequency, of being both too much and not enough at once.

Joana is not a character I merely observed. I was her. And at times, I was Otávio too. Conflicted, codependent, searching. There’s a kind of solitude this novel portrays, the kind that makes you question whether true connection is even possible, and whether the self must be lost in order to be found.